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"I see you from afar-fragile and shy as a star gleaming through a cloudy rift."
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"But all I could see was her. No skill of mine, no artist anywhere, could've immortalized how gorgeous she was. It was impossible to believe she'd ever had any doubts about her body. The firelight shone on her skin, golden and perfect, making her look like some radiant goddess of legend. I wanted to kneel before her and offer eternal obedience."
"I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist."
"He was generally aware that he had been blessed in her beauty; even in her usual homespun, knee-deep in mud from her garden, or stained and fierce with the blood of her calling, the curve of her bones spoke to his own marrow, and those whisky eyes could make him drunk with a glance. Besides, the mad collieshangie of her hair made him laugh."
"I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world."
"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
"...would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk's whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!"
"I see you from afar-fragile and shy as a star gleaming through a cloudy rift."
"The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited."
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