Quotes About Instinct

This close to him I must bite my tongue to prevent myself from moaning with need. This close to him I feel like an animal.

Face says one thing. Body says another. I listen to the body. Keeps me alive.

Sex. Hunger. Rage. Hunger. Sex. Hunger. Rage. Hunger.

My heart makes the decision without me and tries to get to her the fastest way possible.

You can tell them to run all you want but there aren't a lot of people that will, until they believe they're in major danger—which is usually too late. They gape like cows, and if you don't know it, cows gape a lot.

There are a few absolute no-brainer rules in my world. Real close to the top of this list is: if an Unseelie prince runs from it, I'm going to run from it, too. I'm not even going to ask any questions. I'm just going to vamoose with all my might.

If you can't fuck it, eat it, or use it for a weapon, kill it.

There are a few things a hunting man can't do without. His bloodhound is one of them.

Letting go of rational thought, he surrendered himself to instinct, to the odd quirk within that made him one with machines. The same quirk that had melded him almost effortlessly with his prosthetic limb and perhaps was the reason he'd lost none of his connection with the Force, even though his arm and hand were made of metal.

Then, that memorably powerful look into my eyes told me something more: compared to dogs, wolves are grown-ups. He was not asking for help, head down, forehead wrinkled, as a dog might: "Is this right? What do you want?" Instead, head high, gaze level, he was assessing me, like a poker player: "Are you in or out?" Judging that I was in, he made his move; and we both won. (p.6)

I wanted to touch the edges of my life - the same instinct, I think, that inspires young mortals to flip tractors and enlist in foreign wars.

I had an ear for languages, and I could read before I could adequately wash myself. I probably could have vied with Jeanette for the number one spot, but I'd seen what happened if you gave in to your natural aptitudes. This wasn't like the woods, where you had to be your fastest and your strongest and your bravest self. Different sorts of calculations were required to survive at the home.

There are certain prehistoric things that swim beyond extinction.

I wanted to go to him then? Not all of me but the same part he'd just hurt. I don't understand this pull, still. I think it must be a really dangerous physics, the gravity of wound to fist. You can see it happen to the other animals. When a hunter or trapper begins kicking at an alligator, its body curls to accommodate the withdrawing foot.

My life got happier when I trusted my gut to tell me when to open the door or close the door. There is joy to be found in keeping away from people & situations which could harm my self-respect my peace my worth.

Maybe that's what being a mother was—not so much the act of giving birth, but the sense of understanding and love born from the need to protect.

spädbarnet och stenåldersvilden lever kanske inte bara kvar i somliga, tänkte jag, utan i oss alla, fast mer eller mindre, det är en väsentlig skillnad (s. 60).

play, so far from being "by play," if I may so speak, is a matter of serious moment to the creature. Play is a veritable instinct.

But as we ascend to animals of high types, having faculties more efficient and more numerous, we begin to find that time and strength are not wholly absorbed in providing for immediate needs.

Kindspech ist eben das, womit man auf die Welt kommt.

donde yo vacilaría usted se precipita como el toro sobre trapo el rojo.

The problem is, these days you have to listen to too many parts of your body. Sometimes I go with my gut feeling, some say go with what your heart says - it's only a matter of time before my appendix will have an opinion. This is probably why there are so many helplines these days. No one knows who to bloody listen to!

Many cats are the death of the mouse.

Though they are fine to see, horses frighten me because they are large and weak minded, which is a dangerous combination in horses, men, and gods.