If my hands tremble with desire, they tremble likewise when I reach for the chalice on Sunday, and if lust makes me run and caper, it is no stronger a force than that which brings me to my knees to say thanksgivings and litanies. What can this capricious skin be but a blessing? —John Cheever More about this quote Tags: desire trembling lust Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The mattress, curved like a preacher's palm asking for witnesses in His name's sake, enclosed them each and every night and muffled their whispering, old-time love. —Toni Morrison More about this quote Tags: love sexuality lust Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular one and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. —Iris Murdoch More about this quote Tags: indifference lust body yearning want Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email