"What man wants does not matter."

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Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off;you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. People fancy they are enjoying themselves,but they are really tearing out their wingsfor the sake of an illusion."

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"There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied-who continually look to what escapes them, convincing themselves that if only they could attain that one desire outside of reach they would be happy. It seems almost pointless to give to these people because their eyes immediately shift from the gift to stare miserably at the portion held back. Their wants, demands, expectations, appetites are never satiated, thus they refuse to be happy. And you cannot make them so."

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"For the duration of his erection: To a horny man, all women are the most beautiful woman in the world."

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"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

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"Do you have a dream or desire that is burning a hole in your soul? Something that lights your fire and brings you simple pleasure?"

Susan C. Young, American Author

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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."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

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"If you want money more than anything,you will be bought and sold.If you have a greed for food,you will become a loaf of bread.This is a subtle truth.Whatever you love, you are."

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"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

Courage

"A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both."

Freedom

"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns."

Satire

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

Duty

"The glass candle is meant to represent truth and learning, rare and beautiful and fragile things. It is made in the shape of a candle to remind us that a maester must cast light wherever he serve, and it is a sharp to remind us that knowledge can be dangerous."

Knowledge

"These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness."

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"One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it."

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"Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul."

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"Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come."

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"A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands."

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