“The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.” MenHumansWellsBeautifulGivenSocialProcessResultsBeautyHuman NatureUglyFixedInclination Book:Escape from Freedom Source: Escape from Freedom
“This was middle school, the age of miracles, the time when kids shot up three inches over the summer, when breasts bloomed from nothing, when voices dipped and dove. Our first flaws were emerging, but they were being corrected. Blurry vision could be fixed invisibly with the magic of the contact lens. Crooked teeth were pulled straight with braces. Spotty skin could be chemically cleared. Some girls were turning beautiful. A few boys were growing tall.” FirstsKidsAgeSchoolBeautifulGirlThreeVoiceVisionBoysGrowingMagicMiddleSummerShotsSkinsMiracleTeethContactFixedBreastsFlawsTallInchesLensesEmergingDoveCrookedMiddle SchoolBracesBlurryContact LensesCrooked Teeth Book:The Age of Miracles Source: The Age of Miracles
“A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.” MayBeautifulWomenPrinciplesFlowerFairsDrivenFixedStreamsBreezeFloatsBeautiful Women Author:Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington