“Eros is a questionable fellow and will always remain so, whatever the legislation of the future may have to say about it.”— Carl Jung, amazon.com
“Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com
“A writer who turns a phrase beautifully can turn me on, as can someone who makes me laugh.”— Roxane Gay, instyle.com
“Then I withdrew my hand and she smoothed her skirt, neither of us risking a word, and we teetered there for a hundred heartbeats on those swaying branches, shaken by inner as well as outer winds.”— Scott Russell Sanders, amazon.com
“When hanging out in a group of guys and girls, if a guy friend hangs around after the rest of his buddies have taken off, there's a good chance he's looking for something more than just friendly banter to happen.”— April Daniels Hussar, self.com
“You mistake lust for love. When someone brings a little excitement into your life, you think that they’re enhancing your life. But when half of that excitement involves fighting at three in the morning, they’re hurting you more than helping you. Not all adventure is good adventure.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“But women have lust, too. Why should they be relegated to the position of custodian of emotions, watcher of infants, feeder of soul, body and pride of man?”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“There were people I wanted so much before I had them that the entire experience of having them was grief for my old hunger.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“Though I was very much in lust with him, I knew from the start we were nothing like 'forever.' Maybe because forever is such a scary place.”— Ellen Hopkins, amazon.com
“If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.”— Marquis de Sade, amazon.com
“Amazing sex stays with you. It soaks into your skin. It floats through your dreams and has you silently smoldering with delicious remembrances for hours after. It has you craving it days later. And it has you aching for it if you don’t get it for awhile.”— Roberto Hogue, amazon.com
“What you call love on your side may be called lust on another's side.”— Bangambiki Habyarimana, amazon.com
“You’re super sensitive to skin-on-skin contact. You could be getting change from the bus driver and a brush from his fingers makes you semi-weak at the knees.”— Daisy Cousens, shesaid.com
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously near to wanting nothing.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com