#admiration

I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#love #love

I want to lay my kill at your feet. ↗

— Annette Curtis Klause

#love #respect #love

The guys can't take their eyes off Colleen... one of them... probably sees her just like I do, she's the gatekeeper to another world. ↗

— Ron Koertge

#infatuation #puppy-love #teenage-life #young-adult #life

...there's a limit to enduring admiration being a substitute for love. ↗

— John Irving

#love #love

The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it. ↗

— William Goldman

#authors #funny #high-expectations #narrative #princess-bride

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. ↗

— Roald Amundsen

#always #first #gratitude #ice #increased

When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#death #heaven #suicide #death

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#admiration #believe #black #brazil #capacity

I don't admire the person who does what they want to do. I admire the person who does what they're afraid to do. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#courage #courage

I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will never regret stepping up. I know from personal experience, however, that you should not keep telling a girl that you like her after she tells you she isn't into it. You should not keep riding your bike by her house either. ↗

— Donald Miller

#love #unrequited-love #experience