What is erotic? The acrobatic play of the imagination. The sea of memories in which we bathe. The way we caress and worship things with our eyes. Our willingness to be stirred by the sight of the voluptuous. What is erotic is our passion for the liveliness of life.
—Diane Ackerman
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
—Henry Ward Beecher
In order to maintain a well-balanced perspective, the person who has a dog to worship him should also have a cat to ignore him.
—Peterborough Examiner
At the boy's level, hero worship gravitates toward the doer of spectacular deeds; on the average adult level, toward the wielder of power; and in the eyes of a more critical judgment, toward idealism and moral qualities.
—Dixon Wecter
I dare say anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshiped.
—Iris Murdoch