Top Pleasure Quotes

With her eyes alone she could give this response, this absolutely erotic response, as if febrile waves were trembling there, pools of madness... something devouring that could lick a man all over like...

Pleasure, ecstasy, they cannot seem to bear: their escape from it is in violence, in drinking and fighting and apparently inescapable----And so why should not their religion drive them to crucifixion...

Pleasure Definition

(n.) The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.

(n.) Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.

(n.) What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.

(n.) That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.

(v. t.) To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

(v. i.) To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.

If you really want to grow great, you need to avoid costly pleasures and preserve your future treasures.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Elspeth reached up a tentative hand to comfort him, palming the cheek that wasn’t covered with woad.He wrapped an arm around her waist and tugged her closer. Her lips parted. His tongue swept in. Her...

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.

Whatever may be my activity in a given moment (whether I am composing, or whether I am making love . . .), I feel pleasure if there is an obstacle placed in my path but one not greater than my ability...

She had no idea how George delighted in her funny ways, or watched her through the window as she stood outside, finishing an apple or nibbling sunflower seeds. She did not register his glances, his qu...

Visits always give pleasure--if not the arrival, the departure.

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.

May you have all the pleasure you've always craved. Nay, may you drown in it!

Stop. She covered her breast with her own hand. That’s no’ a healer’s touch.His smile was sin incarnate. Ye’ve the right of it there, lass. That’s a lover’s touch. And ye’ve had only the smallest bit...

You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure oriented.

Love is the only thing that changes abstinence from a prison into pleasure.

You're rather good at this, aren't you? And she didn't just mean his reading of Gerrard.Vane's grin converted to a rakish smile. I'm rather good at lots of things.His voice had lowered to a rumbling p...

I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask m...

The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics witho...

The world lures people with its temptations and attractions, masking them with a cover of pleasure

Pain is the seasoning that gives pleasure its flavor.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.