"The lust for comfort that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host and then a master."

Desire, Comfort, Guest, Master

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"The lust for comfort that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host and then a master."

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"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

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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."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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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."

John Fowles, English Novelist

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

Tahir Shah, British Author

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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."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"A man desire two things: love and happiness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow."

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"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."

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"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy."

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"You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good, you are only loitering and sluggard."

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"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?"

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"When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.And when he speaks to you believe in him,Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."

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"Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert."

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"If you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing."

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