Compliment Quote by Alan Hollinghurst Download Open image “He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.” — Alan Hollinghurst ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compliment Love Unconditional Unconditional love Wanted
“He’d desperately wanted a boyfriend to lavish with affection and attention. He’d longed to know what it felt like, smelled like, tasted like to… — Thorny Sterling Copy Share Image
“Well, anyone would feel pleased when they were complimented even if it wasn't from the heart” — Mizue Tani Copy Share Image
“Because he’s the one pure, beautiful thing untainted by ugliness,” he repeated his same words from the shower. “And we love him for it.” — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
“But you must give my compliments to him. Yes — I think it must be compliments. Is not there a something wanted, Miss Price,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Apparently he thought he deserved only to be loved--from a distance, though--and given what he wanted. And in return he would be . .… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“He wanted and needed their love, but felt none towards them. He now had neither love nor humility nor purity” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The way he looks at me, all serious and attentive, was more flattering than any compliment I'd ever had” — Hester Browne Copy Share Image
“He called you beautiful, for a black girl and you kissed him. It would not be the last time someone would pay you a… — Rafeif Ismail Copy Share Image
All his life he would hold this moment as exemplary of what love was. It was not wanting anything more, nor was it expecting… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Only love makes fruitful the soul. The sense of form that both had in such high degree prevented much demonstration; but to be with… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' --- that was the worst… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“And something else came back, from that later first morning at Kensington Park Gardens: a sense that the house was not only an enhancement… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“Andrew Davies has said he prefers his authors dead, and I can see there is only a limited usefulness in a live one when… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“...but he felt the relief of being alone as well...the forgotten solitude which measures and verifies the strength of an affair, and which, being… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for. — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“She felt that at some point she must finally and formally talk to Louisa about Hubert, and ask her to acknowledge that the worst… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“After that they browsed for a minute or two in a semi-detached fashion. Nick found a set of Trollope which had a relatively modest… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
Now that I had actually made love, more astonishingly now that I had been made love to, the fantasies were subtly undermined. — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of love seemed to need the cultivation of indifference.” — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
What the problem was was this colossal redundancy, the squandering of brilliant technique on cheap material, ... — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
“Delight is délice, délit is a misdemeanour' 'Well, it's bloody close...' 'Well, they often are....” — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
I see the joy in life and I see the joy in simple things. I over-compliment. I over-praise. I over-express my feelings toward people… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes. — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are searching for the same thing,” Stripey said. “How do you know?” Janco asked. “I read his mind.” The Sitian pointed to Ari.… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
You're better off owning 30 percent and having two amazing partners who compliment you and are equally as driven as you are than having… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things… — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image
I've made this conscious decision to tell people on the street when I think they're wearing something great. If more people did that, the… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
