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Quotes About Temptation

I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily.
~ Lord Dunsany
You consume me I don't even fight Oh, I feel intoxicated... But beware I bite.
~ Unknown
The Lord will lead us into victory, but success itself is the most dangerous obstacle to properly hearing the voice of God.
~ Loren Cunningham
Go away," he said. "Do you know you've almost no clothes on?" "Never mind. I need—" "Never mind? Listen to me, Miss Innocence. There are many things a man can 'never mind.' A nearly naked woman isn't one of them.
~ Loretta Chase
He had relieved whores beyond counting of frocks, stays, chemises, garters, and stockings. He had never before in his life unbuttoned a gently bred maiden's glove. He'd committed salacious acts beyond number. He'd never before felt so depraved as he did now, as the last pearl came free and he drew the soft kid down, baring her wrist, and his dark fingers grazed the delicate skin he'd exposed.
~ Loretta Chase
Beaumont wanted Esmond very badly. Esmond wanted Beaumont's wife. And she didn't want anybody.
~ Loretta Chase
I'm no good at being good.
~ Loretta Chase
It is as your sister and friend that I tell you Dain is a splendid catch. I advise you to set your hooks and reel him in." Jessica took a long swallow of her cognac. "This is not a trout, Genevieve. This is a great, hungry shark." "Then use a harpoon.
~ Loretta Chase
You couldn't help yourself," he said. "Actually, I couldn't," she said. "If I hadn't the opportunity—if you hadn't been so shockingly understanding—and tempting—" "I worked damned hard at that. The tempting part. I wasn't sure you were paying attention." "Apparently, I was doing little else but.
~ Loretta Chase
Even now the wicked spirit lurked there, a glint of mischief in the darkness of heat and desire. It made her smile, and she brought her smile to his mouth and gave it to him. "Miss you," she whispered. "So much.
~ Loretta Chase
Girls who didn't keep their wits about them when gods wandered their way got into trouble. Ask Daphne or Leda or Danaë.
~ Loretta Chase
Ne bi se trebao služiti muÅ¡kim lukavstvima«, rekla je, stegnuta grla. »Ã… to sam to tako neoprostivo u?inila?« Natjerala si me da te želim, rekao joj je na svojem materinjem jeziku. U?inila si me klonulim duhom, usamljenim. Natjerala si me da ?eznem za onim za Å¡to sam se zakleo da nikad ne?u trebati, nikad to iskati
~ Loretta Chase
Znala sam da me želiš. To je jedino oko ?ega nikad nisam dvojila. Ali dovu?i te u svoju postelju — tebe, najve?eg kurvara u krš?anskom svijetu — zaboga, bilo je to gore nego onda kad sam Bertiea morala odvu?i zubaru. I
~ Loretta Chase
It wasn't the time and place. He oughtn't to rush his fences. But she'd waved her arms, and that made her womanly parts jiggle and he could only keep one idea in his head at a time, and in any case, oughts never went down smoothly with him. He was who he was, and that wasn't a good boy. And so down he went, and crushed her sulky little mouth under his.
~ Loretta Chase
Come," he coaxed, "tell me a murderous, wicked thought." She scowled at her shoe. "I have wanted to strangle my papa," she muttered. "Egad! Patricide. Well, that's a relief," said he with a grin. "I thought I was the only one.
~ Loretta Chase
Što te onda zadržava ovdje? upitao je sebe. Koja te je mo?na sila ovamo dovukla, da glupavo zuriš poput mjese?inom o?aranog šteneta u ku?u samo zato jer je ona unutra? I koji su te to lanci držali ovdje, u iš?ekivanju da je samo na?as vidiš? Dodir. Poljubac. To je odvratno, rekao je sebi. I bilo je, ali bilo je istina, i on je to mrzio i mrzio je nju jer je to u?inila istinom.
~ Loretta Chase
Había aprendido a evitar la tentación porque dudada de tener la fuerza necesaria para resistirla. Dejar que la curiosidad se transformara en fascinación sería el primer paso hacia la ruina
~ Loretta Chase
Adan necesitó a alguien, sin duda. Jamais habría tenido el coraje de comerse esa manzana él solito. Eva tendría que habérsela comido sin decirle nada e dejarlo andar errante como un asno por el Edén, un bruto ignorante idéntico a los otros brutos que lo rodeaban. el muy idiota ni siquera sabía que estaba desnudo. Y quem diablos cosió esos taparraboos de hojas de figuera, te pregunto? Él no habrá sido, de eso puede estar seguro.
~ Loretta Chase
You've the Devil's own tongue, and all his arts, I'm sure. You're like the bad angel, whispering in my ear — and I always listen.
~ Loretta Chase
To a kid who asked for a second cookie: "You already have one cookie you're eating. Why do you need another?" "I want to be ready for when this one is gone.
~ Lori Borgman
We have to figure this out, Jackson, so leash the lust." His chin went up as he stared down at her. "Woman, you ask the impossible." "Do it anyway!
~ Lori Foster
Because Rowdy Yates was that and then some. He was also drop-dead gorgeous in a devilish, careless, edgy way. Where Reese tempered his sex appeal, Rowdy threw it out there without reserve, bludgeoning innocent bystanders with his raw magnetism.
~ Lori Foster
It seemed that unbeknownst to her father, the lecherous bishop had chased Clio for the entire previous week and had foolishly cornered her on the staircase, where he stole a kiss and squeezed her small breasts. So when it came time to doctor him, she had smiled sweetly and stitched up his wound in the shape of three sixes, the sign of the devil.
~ Unknown
Too bad my effing husband couldn't keep his very hungry caterpillar in his pants.
~ Jill Kargman