"Success is like the most beautiful woman: pursued by many, loved by all, feared by few, courted by the patient and hardworking, and won over by good judgment."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"How miserably hypocritical, you might say, but no sooner am I offered a chance to flee Hell than I yearn to stay. Few families hold their relations as closely as do prisons. Few marriages sustain the high level of passion that exists between criminals and those who seek to bring them to justice. It's no wonder the Zodiac Killer flirted so relentlessly with the police. Or that Jack the Ripper courted and baited detectives with his - or her - coy letters. We all wish to be pursued. We all long to be desired."

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"Nought's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content."

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"The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery."

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Will McDonough, American Writer

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Rainbow Rowell, American Author

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"Sexual starvation forces a heterosexual man to see beauty in every single female who he can sleep with without his society's disapproval."

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"The girl sleeping and the finisher, willing himself to finish her.Why didn't he finish her?Why couldn't he finish her?"

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"Nought's had, all's spent, where our desire is got without content."

"The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery."

"I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did."

"How dare the embodiment of her worst nightmare come packaged as her hottest fantasy?"

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"The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure."

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"Throw a champion into the ocean, and he'll swim. Throw a champion into the pit, and he'll climb. Throw him off a cliff, and he'll grow wings. Throw him into a furnace, and he'll become gold."