Marisha Pessl Quotes

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

Man has fallen victim to seduction since times immemorial.

Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Lust is an appetite that needs to be regulated.

None of us don't have a vice.

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

When it comes to power as it functions between humans, it all comes down to desire. If you know what someone wants, you can control them. It is as simple as that. And the reverse is also true: If you have control over your own desires, no one will ever own you. As humans, we are plagued with desire - it consumes us, it fuels us, it destroys us.

Every man has a weakness," he patiently explained. "I'll find theirs, I promise you." "Every man?" "Yes," he answered emphatically. His hand moved to the back of her neck. Twisting her curls around his fist, he jerked her head back. His face loomed over hers, his breath warm and sweet as he stared down into her eyes. "What is your weakness, Brodick?" she asked. "You.

Power was my weakness and my temptation.

No one is immune to temptation. Not even a hero. Not even a nobody. Not even people like you and me. Lust is never very far away. And just when you least expect it, there it is again.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

Who is so firm that can't be seduced?

Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.

If I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us.

It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?

Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.

A woman in the depths of despair proves so persuasive that she wrenches the forgiveness lurking deep in the heart of her lover. This is all the more true when that woman is young, pretty, and so decollete as to emerge from the neck of her gown in the costume of Eve.

It was calling me, that button," he offered as his excuse. "I couldn't resist." -MULCH DIGGUMS ON A HIGHLY PRESS-ABLE BUTTON-