"Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance."

Desire, Nothing, Remembrance

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"Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance."

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"Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."

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"Piper's lust was like a single bear trap in the wilderness. It was nearly impossible to find if you were looking for it, but it was something you wanted to be prepared for if you stepped into it by accident."

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"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."

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"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."

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"Lust and love. They both put a fire in your damn shorts."

Lois Greiman, American Author

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"I had always believed, and not only out of cynicism, that a man and a woman could tell in the first ten minutes whether they wanted to go to bed together; and that the time that passed after those first ten minutes represented a tax, which might be worth paying if the article promised to be really enjoyable, but which nine times out of ten became rapidly excessive."

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"Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires: The eyes wink at the hand; yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done, to see."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice."

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"Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity."

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"All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward."

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"Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted."

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"The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions."

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"I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say."

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