When abused children under court protection were studied in California and Massachusetts, it turned out that a disproportionate number of them were unattractive...abused kids had head and face proportions that made them look less infantile and cute.

When abused children under court protection were studied in California and Massachusetts, it turned out that a disproportionate number of them were unattractive...abused kids had head and face proportions that made them look less infantile and cute.

The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.

Physical beauty is like athletic skill: it peaks young.

Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness.

The formula for a happy marriage is five positive remarks, or interactions, for every one negative.

Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings.