Willy, darling, you’re the handsomest man in the world…To me you are. The handsomest…Few men are idolized by their children the way you are.
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 1. Linda is a devoted wife who is always trying to lift Willy up whenever he has doubts about himself. Willy complains that he is fat and foolish to look at and Linda reassures him that to her he is the "handsomest man in the world." She is always there to stroke his ego, even when she doesn’t have to.