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"Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object."
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"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."
"Let her know that her look really works for you."
"I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler."
"It was as if she was a dream, like London, which he could not entirely grasp and of which he was not worthy. He wanted to be part of it but had forgotten how. It seemed extraordinary and strange that this paragon among women had condescended to travel on his ship. In fact, she'd insisted upon it. Her presence was at once otherworldly and familiar, none of which explained why his brain ceased to function when he was in her company."
"You're not actually falling for him, are you?" he asks her one day, on one of the rare occasions he can get her alone."I'll pretend you didn't just ask that," she tells him in disgust. But Connor has reasons to wonder."On that first night here, he offered you his blanket, and you accepted it," he points out."Only because I knew it would make him cold.""And when he offers you his food, you take it.""Because it means he goes hungry."It's coolly logical. Connor finds it amazing that she can put her emotions aside and be as calculating as Roland, beating him at his own game. Another reason for Connor to admire her."
"Admiration and familiarity are strangers."
"We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure."
"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
"Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease."
"Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said."That's not what I meant."
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