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"Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them."
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"Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again."

"Wisdom makes it even more likely that you will be exposed to the danger of fornication."

"Cheating is an innate evolutionarily programmed desire, especially in men, but it is not a desire that cannot be controlled."

"The temptation to spend money increases as a person's opportunities increase."

"Temptation is a strong weapon that Satan uses against the children of God."

"The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little."

"Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, and Flow'rsFeed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowl, No homely morsels, and whatever thingThe Scyth of Time mows down, devour unspar'd, Till I in Man residing through the Race, His thoughts, his looks, words, actions all infect, And season him thy last and sweetest prey."

"Selfishness is one of the most destructive forces in man that is why life demands for its death."

"When you come to God, the devil will remind you about the pleasures of sin."

"To use a man for what he is naturally best fitted is to keep him, if one can, from apostasy and dissatisfaction. At the same time, life's temptations come most often from that for which one has the greatest aptitude."
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"She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair."

"Remember that I'm still a monster. I can listen to you scream and cry and beg and I still won't let you out."

"When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining."

"I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts."

"Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to."

"The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke."

"I'm going to take off your gag. And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood?"
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