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Quotes About Temptation

Pecar o menos possível é a lei dos homens. Não pecar nunca é sonho de anjos. Tudo o que é da terra está sujeito ao pecado. O pecado é uma gravitação.
~ Victor Hugo
Et quoi qu'il fit, il retombait toujours sur ce poignant dilemme qui était au fond de sa rêverie : - rester dans le paradis et y devenir démon ! rentrer dans l'enfer et y devenir ange !
~ Victor Hugo
It was having rosy nails that were too pretty which had drawn Dahlia to Listolier, to others perhaps, to idleness. How could she make such nails work? She who wishes to remain virtuous must not have pity on her hands. As for Zephine, she had conquered Fameuil by her roguish and caressing little way of saying Yes, sir.
~ Victor Hugo
The cause of all this youth's crimes was the desire to be well-dressed.
~ Victor Hugo
The devil may visit us, but God lives here.
~ Victor Hugo
He liked whores. He always had.
~ Kristin Hannah
buy books and we're hungry, and making eyeliner is
~ Kristin Hannah
The lure of the distant and difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
~ Kristin Hannah
She knew how dangerous escape could be. Survival took grit and courage and effort. It was too easy to give in.
~ Kristin Hannah
But she knew how dangerous escape could be. Survival took grit and courage and effort. It was too easy to give in.
~ Kristin Hannah
It's so easy to do the wrong thing in life, don't you think? When we see a clear road to being a better person, we ought to take it.
~ Kristin Hannah
Indeed. When it comes to books, the saucier, the better, don't you think?
~ Kristin Harmel
What's a woman supposed to do when her angel starts using her devil's tools?
~ Kyra Davis
They do more than simple dances at The Honey Spot: It's more like seductive theater
~ L. Divine
I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
~ L. M. Montgomery
The spook begins to interfere with the writer's normal mental processes. Sometimes the ghost, by appealing to the writer's sympathies, tempts the writer to imitate him in one way or another. Catherine says that, when I was working on Lovecraft, I even began to dress in the style affected by HPL, like that of a well-bred undertaker.
~ L. Sprague de Camp
liquor and loquacity are your besetting weaknesses.
~ L. Sprague de Camp
I need you like - like light. You're light, all right - like a flame to a moth. I told you once that you shouldn't mess with forbidden things - I should have taken my own advice.
~ L.J. Smith
Bad magic happens" Ash Redfern
~ L.J. Smith
Kaitlyn is that kind of girl that might be too interesting, might tempt you to get involved... A girl who challenged him, who could be my equal... Her mind was a place of blue pools and blazing meteors... She stood slim and proud as some medival witch princess against dawn." -Gabriel
~ L.J. Smith
The Night World isn't a place. It's all around us. The creatures of Night World are beautiful and deadly and irresitable to humans. Your best friend could be one-so could your crush.
~ L.J. Smith
I'm playing with fire, with something I don't understand.
~ L.J. Smith
You didn't feed from her," he said, and this was not a question. "Swill poison? Not my kind of fun, little brother." One corner of Stefan's mouth quirked up. He made no response to this, but simply looked at Damon with eyes that were... knowing. Damon bridled. "I told the truth!" "Going to take it up as a hobby?
~ L.J. Smith
She bit delicately down on a breadstick, holding it between her teeth.. "Mind if I have a Bite" Shock snapped her eyes wide open and froze her breath..dark eyes dominating her field of vision, a whiff of some kind of calogne in her nostrils, two long fingers tilting her chin up. Damon leaned in, and neatly and precisely, bit off the other end of the bread stick.
~ L.J. Smith