pretense for the suspense

As you get older, you revisit the issues that sit with you in the course of your life. I always felt so self-conscious, and I didn’t let myself be beautiful for so many years, but by the time you’ve made your face worthy of being looked at by anyone, you’ve abandoned yourself in the process. You show up with a pretty face and an empty heart. Life’s too short to be slaving around to other people’s expectations. We should put on a little make-up to honour the specific dignity that we have within ourselves, but I’m never putting a spot of make-up on for a man again.