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Donna Leon

"My head can get to murder and rape for profit because I can understand greed as a human motive, but I cannot understand the voyeuristic desire to watch such a film. I can comprehend one and I cannot comprehend the other."

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"My head can get to murder and rape for profit because I can understand greed as a human motive, but I cannot understand the voyeuristic desire to watch such a film. I can comprehend one and I cannot comprehend the other."

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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."

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"I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes."

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"Are deepest desires are: someone to understand us, someone to appreciate us, someone to inspire us, and someone to enjoy what we are."

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"Remember that any desire is tested; the greater the desire, the greater the tests."

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"You have a nice mouth," he says. "I can't stop looking at it.""You should taste it. It's quite lovely."

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"To have a desire means to have dependency."

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"You get in life that which is your deep driving desire."

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