Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic.
Martha BeckWhoever said that love is blind was dead wrong. Love is the only thing on this earth that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.
Martha BeckThe really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.
Martha Beck