It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done s… - John Irving

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It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.