“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.”— Stephen Chbosky, amazon.com
“To be desired is perhaps the closest anybody in this life can reach to feeling immortal.”— John Berger, amazon.com
“You see I’d like to have you not just like me in bed but like me in the head and like to talk about things that interest us both.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“If, today, I feel so distant from everything, it is because I have strength only to love and to admire.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.”— Albert Ellis, goodreads.com
“You’re beautiful. You walk wonderfully and if I were here and saw you now for the first time I’d be in love with you. If I saw you for the first time everything would turn over inside of me and I’d ache right through my chest.”— Ernest Hemingway, goodreads.com
“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.”— W. H. Auden, amazon.com
“I admire people who have the ability to touch you and still be thousands of miles from your presence.”— William Chapman, williamchapmanwritings.tumblr.com
“There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com
“Kiss on the hand. This is when you grasp a persons hand with your fingers gently and kiss the back of the palm. It’s a chivalrous move and one that shows your admiration and passion for someone.”— Ahmed Raza, wisetoast.com
“The forehead kiss. A kiss on the forehead is a gentle expression of admiration. Usually it is a kiss of friendship or a starter kiss for something for romantic later.”— Ahmed Raza, wisetoast.com
“Ask yourself who your role models are in life. Do you look up to them because they have a pretty face, slender body and nice clothes, or rather because you respect their intelligence and who they are on the inside? Admiring successful people and surrounding yourself with these kinds of people can he…”— Jennifer Gruenemay, lifescript.com
“Look, Serena, stop trying to pretend you're a good girl. So you slept with your best friend's boyfriend. I kind of admire you for it.”— Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz, Chuck Bass, Ed Westwick, imdb.com