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Idolization Quotes

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Ocean Vuong
“They say if you want something bad enough you’ll end up making a god out of it. But what if all I ever wanted was my life, Ma?”
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
“There isn't a woman who doesn't love the Perfect Man; In their wild dreams they see nothing but charms and virtues and gleefully deck out the men of their choice in all these qualities; but these glittering robes fit for a God often drape an abject model; but whatever he is, no sooner have they dressed him up than, dazzled by their own handiwork, they prostrate themselves to adore him.”
Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de, Les Liaisons dangereuses

C.S. Lewis
“To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him.”
C.S. Lewis, The Personal Heresy: A Controversy

“I don’t even believe that Jesus Christ himself was perfect. To be human IS TO BE imperfect. Ultimately, the difference between an asshole or a benevolent being is the choice of serving by building bridges between yourself and another person. Do you apologize or do you offend? Do you listen or do you ignore? Do you accept or do you defame? I would rather know the truth about an idol — or person — rather than believe in a lie that an IDOL is a walking Christ on earth. No one is perfect.”
Deborah Bravandt

“I am not especially unsophisticated about people, and yet I am so inclined to idealize and idolize the few that I am really attached to. I should know better...”
Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight

Soroosh Shahrivar
“We have faces of notable figures printed on every currency in the world today. Isn’t that some form of idol worshipping?”
Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish