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Quotes About Idealization

But she kept saying how brilliant he was. And he's all she talked about. And I fell in love with the image my cousin had of Mokund Thapa. I wanted to be like Mokund Thapa. One
~ Michael Lewis
Men who are not free always idealize their bondage.
~ Boris Pasternak
Intotdeauna omul neliber îÅŸi idealizeaz? nelibertatea.
~ Boris Pasternak
Um homem a ferros tende sempre a idealizar a sua escravatura.
~ Boris Pasternak
The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn't do at all.
~ Sylvia Plath
And then I wondered if as soon as he came to like me he would sink into ordinariness, and if as soon as he came to love me I would find fault after fault, the way I did with Buddy Willard and the boys before him. The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn't do at all.
~ Sylvia Plath
I am in danger of wanting my personal absolute to be a demigod of a man, and as there aren't many around, I often unconsciously manufacture my own. and then, I retreat and revel in poetry and literature where the reward value is tangible and accepted. I really do not think deeply. really deeply. I want a romantic nonexistant hero.
~ Sylvia Plath
The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn't do at all.
~ Sylvia Plath
And then I wondered if as soon as he came to like me he would sink into ordinariness, and if as soon as he came to love me I would find fault after fault, the way I did with Buddy Willard and the boys before him. The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn't do at all.
~ Sylvia Plath
We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined.
~ Tamora Pierce
Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world - and so normal and funny with it. If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I'd like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy - a mixture of the two would be hot.
~ Justin Bieber
It needed the genius of the Tang dynasty to emancipate Tea from its crude state and lead to its final idealization.
~ Kakuz? Okakura
There was something about the idea of Russia that I found very intriguing, and I think I had romanticized it a lot.
~ Anthony Marra
If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
~ Jack Whitehall
I loved him in the way young people are mad for those they wish to resemble.
~ Frederic Tuten
Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others.
~ Henri J.M. Nouwen
Women in figure skating, like in every other industry, are expected to conform to an unrealistic standard of beauty. Unhealthy habits are often encouraged to promote a thin frame, and young girls idealize a skewed definition of 'fit.'
~ Tessa Virtue
People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!
~ Tove Jansson
Law is a reflection of society, justice is a reflection of an idealization of that society.
~ Steven Brust
It seems to me we do ourselves a disservice when we over-praise a talent. It feels good to praise and idealize, but then we risk making art inaccessible to those who aspire.
~ Mike Lankford
El amor tiende a hacer una leyenda de sí mismo y a mitificar retrospectivamente sus comienzos.
~ Milan Kundera
We all romanticize the people we adore.
~ John Green
The girl has a funny way of romanticizing things.
~ Karen Russell
He wanted Ichigo's life, a lifetime of endless, immaculate tomorrows, free of mistakes and the evidence of having lived.
~ Gabrielle Zevin