Quotes About Temptation

Every man to the Devil his own way—as

I can always be tempted by a library.

And incidents of clandestine cake mix use were not isolated! Busybodies excused themselves from parties just long enough to rifle through the kitchen trash cans for empty cake mix boxes.

The man was committing all sorts of crimes here. Thievery of her heart. Kidnapping of her common sense, and maybe even first-degree murder of her righteous anger.

We're always at war with good and evil in this world. No one escapes it. It's how we see it, how we recognize it that engages us in battle.

When you are hungry for something, you often do not use your best judgment.

Boy poison - a boy's kisses were like a poison, which infected you and after you were exposed you craved more, like an addict.

Her mouth trembled and parted and she began to gasp in light, shallow breaths that made her flushed breasts quiver deliciously, invitingly… He bent and touched a stiff pink nipple experimentally with his mouth, very gently. She jerked and cried out, exploding beneath him in a series of violent convulsions that almost unseated him.

the cubicles of sin

It was said of Dante that he always had time for lechery.

Lake Michigan had tempted her. It was a clear emerald green, and she could see to the bottom. The sand looked soft.

What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death.

Five seconds, and my body's humming. I go half-man, half-machine, and my thoughts go straight to touching her more, to how far I want to go, how far she might want to go, and damn, I start to hurt. No amount of music or hard work will fix this. My body's a beast. A beast that's been held back too long.

A hard choice. Water or books. Hmm. One could always have wine instead.

Corruption wouldn't be tempting if it didn't feel so good.

I'd kissed him on the mouth, put my tongue in his mouth, and I knew that I did not know how to stop it. I had forgotten how to stop it.

Pauline, who claims completely disingenuously to fuck only married men because she prefers to be alone on the holidays . . .

I have not flirted with him. And besides, even if I had, which I hadn't, flirting is not risky. It only raises the possibility of risk.

And there was still pleasure in it. A man who knew he could fuck.

I don't believe in destiny, although I am sometimes tempted by the freedom implied by inevitability.

Men are often like that. They grow bored with simple goodness and want a woman who is dangerous, a challenge.

What do you think, Ronnie? Do you think we could stop after just one kiss?

Jane to Cosmo-- So you're thinking, you know, 'WTF, I thought we were going to do the horizontal mambo, and she has /questions/?' But really, I'm just keeping the conversation going until we can get into the bedroom, because I know that as soon as I touch you, I'm going to go up in flames, and I really don't want our first time to be on my office floor. Or on my desk. I mean, how would I ever get anything done again with that kind of vibe coming off of it?

She could kiss him. She could lean forward right now and kiss him, and, like the man said, stop this nonsense. Instead, Kelly closed her eyes until she felt the car moving forward. She couldn't give in. She wouldn't give in. Not unless she wanted him to break her heart all over again.