Quotes About Restraint

be asphyxiated.

without the aid of alcohol. "There are no parties to attend," he

Mon Dieu, Isabelle, must you always speak whatever is on your mind?" Isabelle had heard this criticism all her life, but why should she hold her tongue? No one listened to her either way.

She was afraid that if she really held on to him, she'd never let go. She had to be cautious from now on, treat him as she would a skittish cat; be careful to never move too fast or need too much.

Meredith wanted to reach out and help her, but she

Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them.

One of the unfortunate side effects of my medication is it hinders my ability to act crazy.

But the thing is," and with this it's he who takes a step forward, "the woman who you really are . . . the one who you keep so tightly under wraps, the woman who is only allowed out when she is touched a certain way, made to feel certain things . . . that woman is so damn compelling . . . I can't seem to turn away.

Well, at least measure your drinks,- liquor and loquacity are your besetting weaknesses.

That sorrow and privation, the yoke borne in the youth, the soul's enforced restraint, are all conducive to an iron tenacity and strength of purpose, and endurance or fortitude, which are the indispensable foundation and framework of a noble character.

It took me a while to get myself untied. Every time I meet you , I seem to end up hog-tied and unconscious

During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least allowable. Nothing can be more delightful, except it be to abandon them for virtue's sake.

'Tis much easier to suppress a first desire, than to satisfy all those that follow it.

She could be the woman, the lady, who wished to be proper, who wished to please, as well as the wanton she obviously was instructed, and loved, to be.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.

I also do political cartoons, but a lot of them must stay, as they say, under the coat. But they are very fun to do, and in France, we have a good subject at the moment.

It was cruel. Like opening a birdcage to let the bird fly out, whilst all the while it's tethered by the leg, and freedom is only an illusion.

I might try that one thing, you know, that thing people do when their eyes get all wet and stupid—what's it called? Crying? Or NOT. I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you won't punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like punching a child.

I have not yet elected to bestow the grace of my saliva upon another human being. I have never… kissed anyone.

Forbid a man something and he craves it like his soul's salvation

Alas. I am not an option.

Be that cat! she reminded herself. The one that stayed out of reach, and never - ever purred.

She just kept it to herself, as she kept so many things to herself.