"Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure."

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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Pleasure, Joy, Desire, Emotion

"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."

Francis Quarles, English Poet

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"It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses."

Barbara McClintock, American Scientist

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"My pleasure was to copy, not to create."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

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"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."

Vernon Lee, British Author

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"Buying is a profound pleasure."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

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"Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked."

Alex Cox, British Director

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"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

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"Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid."

William Cowper, English Poet

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"After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success."

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"Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises."

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"The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth."

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"Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love."

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"Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference."

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"While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote."

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"Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle."

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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."

"It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses."

"My pleasure was to copy, not to create."

"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."

"Buying is a profound pleasure."

"Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked."

"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."

"Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid."

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"When sages commend excess, Desire is sick."

"Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are."

"Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content."

"After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success."

"Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises."

"The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth."

"Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love."

"Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference."

"While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote."

"Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle."