Quotes About Temptation

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us

Of course, the pile grows and grows until I decide that I'm not going to buy a single book until I read my stack. Sometimes that works.

Had I known that coffee could taste so good, I would have gotten drunk on it every day.

we long for things not because they are great in themselves, but because our greed exaggerates them and makes them appear great.

We carry our envy amplification device around in our pockets, we sleep with it next to our pillows, and it tempts us 24 hours a day, the moment we wake up, even if it is the middle of the night.

Boys. I'd turn gay if they weren't so sexy.

You have to forget about the boys,' he said. 'For a while at least... They'll devour you... They can't help it. It's in their nature. They'll take it all until there's nothing left.

To be led and then discarded by one's urges...

I mean, you never hear someone say they wanted to have an affair but they couldn't find the time, do you?

She'd never set a fantasy in a ski lodge, but she was thinking about it now. She couldn't help it. The man was throwing off pheromones like he was a nuclear reactor at Chernobyl. Sitting so close to ground zero, the fallout was lethal.

You'll have to go get laid by a random stranger." Bo pointed to the television. "Can I wait for a commercial or do I have to git-'er-done right now?" "You can wait.

You're a complication I don't need." He followed, placed his hands on each side of her head, and planted his knee between her thighs. "But you're a complication I want. One I'm going to have.

I want to make love to you, and if you don't stop me now, that's exactly what's going to happen.

Ask me again why I don't want you traveling with the team." "Why?" He slid his thumb across her bottom lip. "Because you drive me insane.

So tell me, Jane, are you cold?" His lips brushed hers and he said through a hot breath, "Or turned on?

She took a deep breath and forgot to exhale. She wondered what it would be like if she licked him up one side and down the other. "What are you thinking?" She suddenly felt kind of hot and dizzy and accidentally let Layla out. "That I want to lick your tattoo," she whispered.

He was the kind of guy who made Sadie a lit­tle un­com­fort­able. The kind who wore leather and drank beer and crushed emp­ties on their fore­heads. The kind who made her stand a lit­tle straighter. The kind she avoided like a hot fudge brownie be­cause both were bad news for her thighs.

My favorite involves you wearing your black dominatrix boots." "What else am I wearing?" "Nothing." "What are you wearing?" "A hard-on and a smile.

I am a very good cook." When she did cook. "Good. I like to eat." He lightly bit her palm. The too-much-air feeling in Lucy's stomach pressed upward into her heart. "What?" she asked past the constriction in her chest. "What do I like to eat?" "Yeah." "Blondes with blue eyes." Oh God. She pulled her hand from his. "Are you hungry?" His gaze lowered to her mouth. "I could eat.

I feel like I should probably ask you to leave. But I don't really want you to go. I want you to stay, but I know you shouldn't. - Hope

For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math.

I made a vow that I wouldn't be tempted by what could happen to me if I went to Europe. I thought, 'You could be absorbed in it - it's so seductive, you might lose your own search for identity.' Then, when I did finally go to Europe, I was able to resist it because I had established my own identity.

It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.