Quotes About Restraint

No matter how it felt to be near him, she had to keep her swollen heart in check.

We are masters of the unsaid words,                               but                     slaves of those we let slip out.              Ã¢â'¬â€Winston Churchill

My heart was acting like a prisoner in the Tower of London, banging against the walls. I had to hold my hand against it. I was afraid it would escape.

She nestled against him, already limp and relaxed. With a tremulous little sigh, she curled her fist against his chest. Aidan had to force himself to relax. He held himself very still, tempering the desire that churned and clamored in his chest, twisting and turning restlessly. He was still shocked by it, by its strength, its persistence, for it grew more rousing with every moment spent with her.

She should have known! Beneath his polished exterior lurked the heart of a rogue. His slow-growing smile was utterly wicked. I forget nothing, my dear Fionna. In fact, quite the opposite. I know precisely what I did, what we did. We kissed. No more. Indeed, I believe you should be aware I exercised a great deal of restraint, for it was but a hint of all I long for-

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

ADESPOTICK  (ADESPO'TICK)   adj. Not absolute; not despotick.Dict.

I have a healthy respect for gravity. The ground is always there, trying to pull you down. It's the most important thing to keep in mind.

I would not think to touch the sky with two arms

I don't yell back at my mother. When I'm angry or scared or upset, I don't yell. I stay quiet. I've seen how she is, how she would get with Kent and with me and with other people, life if someone at the pharmacy got in the wrong line or asked too long a question, or if someone on the bus accidentally bumped her. I've watched her my whole life, the way people react to her. It doesn't actually help you get what you want, yelling and being like that. It only makes people think bad of you.

He said I didn't need to save him. But you want to. Yeah. But I can't. Right? Probably not. Usually not.

He said I didn't need to save him.' 'But you want to.' 'Yeah. But I can't. Right?' 'Probably not. Usually not.

if you want to make a room full of geologist shut up, tir their hands to their sides.

It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it's sometimes even harder to let it out.

I knew I had to keep him to myself, as I'd slowly begun to keep everything. We had secrets now, truths and half-truths, that kept her always at arm's length, behind a closed door, miles away.

Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.

Shit, Delia said. I mean, shoot. No, actually, I mean shit. I really do.

The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself.

You can only fit so many words in a postcard. Only so many in a phone call. Only so many into space, before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness.

The urge for sin is the contamination of the false ego (aha?k?ra). Due to false ego a conditioned soul thinks that he is the center and enjoyer of existence; therefore, he is not inclined to be restrained by God's law.

She's very pretty but she's honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won't spread.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing you hold down the adjoining.

I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a comic revolution.