Enders

Beauty isn’t about meeting some holo-star standard, it’s about being you. Because looks come and go. But nobody else can be you.

eventually we’ll be old and wrinkled. Like everybody. But we’ll look a lot better if we’re happy inside. If we used our brains and our talents instead of stressing over what someone else defines as ‘pretty.’

What defines me? Skin? I hope I'm more than that. Than this. That I am what I think, what I believe. What I feel.

You wouldn't want to be me, Callie. Can you imagine hating your own body? I'm a prisoner inside it.

It’s encrypted,” Hyden said. “I’m not surprised. Your father wasn’t stupid.” “So can’t you uncrypt it?” Michael asked. “Decrypt. It’s not a coffin,” Hyden said as he plucked at the screen.

Cosa mi definisce? La mia pelle? Tu sai che si può cambiare con una passata di laser. I muscoli? Si possono costruire con l’esercizio o con la stimolazione elettrica. Il grasso? Può scomparire con i trattamenti criogenici. Io spero di essere più di tutto questo. Spero di essere quello che penso,quello che credo. Quello che provo.

looks come and go. But nobody else can be you.

The me inside this shell is still me. What defines me? Skin? You know you can change that with the wave of a laser. Muscle? EMS can build that. Fat? It can fade away with freezing. I hope I'm more than that. Than this. That I am what I think, what I believe. What I feel.