“You always admire what you really don't understand.”
“Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your own way in the world. You don't understand women. They don't admire you half so much as you admire yourselves.”
“I don't always understand poetry!''You don't always understand it? Timms, I never understand it. But learn it now, know it now and you will understand it...whenever.”
“Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.”
“But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.”