Power is intoxicating.

“His expression is inscrutable. His eyes look strange with their pulsing pupils. “You’re not like other girls. You’re special.” Intoxicating warmth crawls over my…

— Sophie Jordan

“...the solitude was intoxicating. On my first night there I lay on my back on the sticky carpet for hours, in the murky orange…

— Tana French

Once you start cooking, one thing leads to another. A new recipe is as exciting as a blind date. A new ingredient, heaven help…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“His magic is powerful, intoxicating. I'm a butterfly caught in his net, unable and unwilling to escape. I'm his … totally his". (Ana to Christian)”

— E.L. James

I've always been fascinated by India and its color and vibrancy. I worked in Madhya Pradesh in the Kanha National Game reserve before university,…

— Ben Elliot

“even reflected glory can be intoxicating.”

— Claire Cook

“If you have gotten bored with God, you have gotten disconnected with the most fascinating, intoxicating Person in the universe.”

— Catherine Toon

The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The taste of him exploded inside her mouth, filling her senses with an intoxicating warmth and aroma that had nothing to do with the…

— Susan Napier

“Despite noble depravity, there was something intoxicating about high society.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Murdo’s scent, earthy and male, was intoxicating. David held his lover open and lapped at the pinched edges of his hole, loosening and stimulating…

— Joanna Chambers

“Summer does something to the brain, " Beth said. "It's intoxicating. Everything shimmers ”

— Elin Hilderbrand

“I don’t remember everything that was happening around me at the time, but gangster life was intoxicating and irresistible. It’s difficult to describe the…

— Jacques Pauw

“With as intoxicating as love is, it’s not a bad thing to be sober.”

— Caroline White

Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder.

— John Zimmerman