“A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.”

“When you look at a person's eyes or her smile, you can't tell how much she weighs.”

“A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.”

“There is something about her eyes. Eyes don't breathe. I know that much. But hers look breathless.”

“Wow, thank you so much for the compliment!" Patty answered brightly, to end things. At the time, she believed that it was because she was so selflessly team-spirited that direct personal compliments made her so uncomfortable. The autobiographer now thinks that compliments were like a beverage she was unconsciously smart enough to deny herself even one drop of, because her thirst for them was infinite.”

“Avery worries about her, too, so Lissa's in good hands. Avery's pretty amazing."I gave him a scathing look. "Amazing? Do you like her or something?" I hadn't forgotten Avery's comment about leaving the door unlocked for him. "Of course I like her. She's a great person.""No, I mean like. Not like.""Oh, I see," he said, rolling his eyes. "We're dealing with elementary school definitions of 'like'.”