"And when I did finally begin to, well, bloom; when my face began growing onto my teeth; when my Chinaman's eyes became a rather exotic facial asset; when, moreover, I discovered the pleasing results obtainable through weight training (Thanks again, Coach) and the geometric nightmare that was my physique began to form a more harmonious whole; when, in short, little Johnnie Ray achieved his escape from the Land of the Ugly Ducklings, clutching in his hot little fist a one-way ticket to Swan City, I suppose I should, in all fairness, have lived happily ever after."
--p. 196
Chapter 51 of Larry Duplechan's Eight Days a Week:
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