The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion read more

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, read more

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.

The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.