Bel Kaufman Quotes

She wore no make-up, and her small, tense face looked chronically embarrassed, as if it got attached by mistake to the wrong person.

Bel Kaufman

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• Makeup
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• She wore no make-up, and her small, tense face looked chronically embarrassed, as if it got attached by mistake to the wrong person.

  

  Bel Kaufman
  • Mistake
  • Makeup
  • Embarrassed