Quotes About Temptation

The root of all sin is found in the runaway indulgence of God-given desires.

Tempting fate, much? If I was Fate, lounging around in stately Fate Mansion drinking Fate Cola and eating a big bowl of Fate Crispies and I heard a dismissive Scots accent saying something like that, I'd be revving up the Fatemobile to teach said Mr Tartanjocks a lesson in humility.

Closing his eyes, he feels the weight of the angel as she straddles his thighs. She leans forward, her breath on his cheek, her lips close to his ear, whispering, 'Remember your promise.

Nature had given me a square jaw, a cleft chin, a dark mane, eyes that could bring a vestal virgin to her knees and a cock that could keep her there.

this is exactly how Satan works, not through what seems grotesque and repulsive, but through what seduces us.

She exuded a raw, animal magnetism that left boys like me tongue-tied, and made men ignore their wives and crowd up close.

Women have been deceiving men since the Garden of Eden. They've had centuries of practice.

I've seen this happen before. Elder flesh works wonders on their systems, making them huge. And once they get a taste for Elder flesh, nothing else will satisfy them. It's probably after me now." Then, when the creature ignored him, he added, "Or not . . .

Her fascination was stronger than ever, but it was not a natural fascination—not that of a normal woman, such as she had been. It was the fascination of a Circe, of a witch, of an enchantress—and as such was irresistible.

But there was only so much temptation a man could resist without losing all respect for himself.

Where's the skill in throwing a hook loaded with tempting bait into the general vicinity of lots of perpetually hungry creatures with brains the size of mustard seeds? You might as well go to a playground, scatter Reese's peanut butter cups around, and club to death the first four year old foolish enough to approach, believing innocently that such treats are readily available in nature.

If left to my own devices, though, I'd also eat Ben & Jerry's brownie batter ice cream until I weighed six hundred pounds, but somehow I manage to stop myself when my pants start to get a little tight around the middle. But to each his own. And if you're going to do something that might piss off your partner, you might as well have science on your side.

Our choices are truncated in evil's presence.

Trump liked to say that one of the things that made life worth living was getting your friends' wives into bed.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

Most distracting of all, though, was not the threat of danger but the allure of beauty.

The dream of all men is to meet little sluts who are innocent but ready for all forms of depravity—which is what, more or less, all teenage girls are.

There was no way I could think it over without a second Calvados. After thinking it over, I decided that the really prudent thing was to go out and buy another bottle.

El amor como inocencia y como capacidad de ilusión, como aptitud para resumir el conjunto del otro sexo en un solo ser amado, rara vez resiste un año de vagabundeo sexual, y nunca dos.

Tel est un des principaux inconvénients de l'extrême beauté chez les jeunes filles: seuls les dragueurs expérimentés, cyniques et sans scrupule se sentene à la hauteur; ce sont donc en général les êtres les plus vils qui obtiennent le trésor de leur virginité, et ceci constitue pour elles le premier stade d'une irrémédiable déchéance.

Éste es uno de los principales inconvenientes de la extrema belleza en las chicas: sólo los ligones experimentados, cínicos y sin escrúpulos se sienten a su altura; así que los seres más viles son los que suelen conseguir el tesoro de su virginidad, lo cual supone para ella el primer grado de una irremediable derrota

Or maybe I was just hungry. I'd forgotten to eat the day before, and possibly what I should do was go back to my hotel and sit down to a few duck's legs instead of falling down between the pews in an attack of mystical hypoglycemia.

You look beautiful in this dress." "And yet you're trying to take it off." "You know that look that Jessica gets when she unwraps one of her truffles?" he asked. "Like she fell into a pool of chocolate with Keanu Reeves and Hugh Jackman swimming toward her?" He looked at me, his lips quirking. "Have that fantasy often?" Heh. Who, me? "Nope. Why would I, when I have you?" "Nice recovery.

Those dudes are hot," announced Tamara. Both Lor and Patrick shut up and turned to stare at her. Damian looked up and grinned wolfishly. My daughter's face went bright red. She drew the sheet over her head, muttering, "You can stake me now.