#adoration

...Why did just my eyes adore you - Have you ever wondered that? well, as Hegel said, “Too fair to worship, too divine to love.”... ↗

— John Geddes

#hegel #love #love

To lose the approbation of my dog is a thing too horrible to contemplate. ↗

— Barbara Dana

#approbation #dog #dogs #horrible #love

...but you - women like you are dangerous- ominous – take care, Love – men will first fear you, then later, turn you into a deity... ↗

— John Geddes

#deify #love #women #worship #love

...I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?... ↗

— John Geddes

#blaspheme #love #saint #worship #love

I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction? ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#commander #leadership #military #mood #narcissism

Never been more truthful then right now, looking at you fixes everything. ↗

— Holly Hood

#happiness #life #love #romance #life

Once I saw Graham - wholly unconscious of her proximity - push her with his restless foot. She receded an inch or two. A minute after one little hand stole out from beneath her face, to which it had been pressed, and softly caressed the heedless foot. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#graham #polly #unrequited-love #villette #love

...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of your words... ↗

— John Geddes

#liturgy #love #sacred #words #love

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#adoration #ancient #baby #bethlehem #brilliant

...I worship at the temple of your body and without you, I'd have no art... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #muse #temple #worship #art