"It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man."

Desire, Man, Will, Wine

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"It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man."

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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."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Desire, Faults, Mind, Sincerity

"Never arouse her if you can't satiate her in entirety!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Desire, Control, Love, Power

"I've missed you, Sebastian.""Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the light eyes glittering with heat as her skin was revealed. "What part did you miss the most?""Your mind," she said, and smiled at his expression."I was hoping for a far more depraved answer than that.""Your mind is depraved," she told him solemnly.He gave a husky laugh. "True."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Desire, Mind, Lust, Love

"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."

John Fowles, English Novelist

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"Ask yourself what a man without guile might do to your body in the dark."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Desire, Fear, Affection, Darkness

"But you're so strong. I wish I were strong. I just like eating."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Desire, Strength, Food, Life

"She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair."

Holly Black, American Author

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"Desires kept within the mind are simply unrealised dreams."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Desire, Dream, Mind, Hope

"If this was just a dream she wished she could have it every night. Neal not quite whispering sweet somethings into her ear."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Desire, Dream, Whisper, Love

"Fun... human nature... does no one any harm... Regular as clockwork the old excuses came back into the alert, sad and dissatisfied brain--nothing ever matched the deep excitement of the regular desire. Men always failed you when it came to the act. She might just as well have been to the pictures."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

Desire, Loneliness, Lust, Disappointment

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"The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex."

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"Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years."

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"Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage."

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"Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse."

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"Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building."

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