The virtue of an ideal is its unattainability.
"The Feast of St. Friend"
Arnold Bennett
To a woman there is no subtler flattery than a man's dumb acknowledgement of her unattainability.
"Then I'll Come Back to You"
Larry Evans
Then Westmore had deepened, as it always did, the impression of unattainability that Judith gave.
"Nobody's Child"
Elizabeth Dejeans