Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging, that is to say different from real life which is by nature changing and temporary. It means: not according to natural truth, but according to man's desire and the pretense inspired by his fear of dying and his desire for permanence.

Alberto Savinio

Tags: future death change fiction destiny desire permanence ptolemy



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As if one could do what one wanted with one's own body!

Louis Aragon

Tags: freedom body desire



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Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

Tessa Dare

Tags: humor love romance smile breathing desire tease



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Desire acts as a honey trap to the unwary male, luring him into unworthy and catastrophic enterprises. The beauty of the Narnian witches isn't ancillary to their evil, but integral to it, one of the weapons in their arsenal. Evil must, after all, appear attractive if it's going to be tempting, and from there it's only a small step further to the conclusion that feminine beauty is inherently wicked.

Laura Miller

Tags: women beauty evil desire



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It was beautiful Eric, who desired me, who was hungry for me, in a world that often let me know it could do very well without me.

Charlaine Harris

Tags: desire



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The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough.

Aleksandar Hemon

Tags: life contentment desire



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When we kill our desires we stink like any corpse.

Harold Norse

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To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the "pleasures of the flesh" only on the condition that they may be insipid.

Georges Bataille

Tags: fear lust desire debauchery story-of-the-eye



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The world yearns. This is its sure gravity: the attraction of bodies. Earth for molten star. Moon for earth. A hand for the orb of a breast. This is its movement too: the motion of desire, of a longing toward.

Alison MacLeod

Tags: love desire



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The two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good and the fear of evil.

Amit Abraham

Tags: good desire inner-strength human-mind driving-force movers



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