--- title: "12 Love And Pleasure Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Love And Pleasure quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Love And Pleasure sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rit_991388.jpg" --- > [All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-valiente/all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rituals/) [Doreen Valiente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doreen-valiente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rit_991388.jpg) > [“Life is more than love and pleasure, I came to dig for treasure. If you want to play, you gotta pay, You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/life-is-more-than-love-and-pleasure-i-came-to-dig-for-treasure-if-you/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/stephen-king-13_life_life-is-more-than-love-and-pleasure-i-ca_2611785.jpg) > [Suffering itself is beloved: love and suffering are far closer to each other than love and pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-millet/suffering-itself-is-beloved-love-and-suffering-are-far-closer-to-each/) [Lydia Millet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-millet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/lydia-millet-20356_beloved_suffering-itself-is-beloved-love-and-suf_2011980.png) > [Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-valiente/let-my-worship-be-in-the-heart-that-rejoices-for-behold-all-acts-of/) [Doreen Valiente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doreen-valiente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_let-my-worship-be-in-the-heart-that-rejo_3075487.jpg) > [“Two eyes meet two palms touch caress each other are taken and made his sunk into one another pleasurable love Good love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivonne-y-ez-saba/two-eyes-meet-two-palms-touch-caress-each-other-are-taken-and-made/) [Ivonne Yáñez Saba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivonne-y-ez-saba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/ivonne-y-ez-saba-57352_love_two-eyes-meet-two-palms-touch-caress-eac_2194141.jpg) > [The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-griswold/the-power-of-the-voice-in-rap-is-about-the-expression-of-truth-rather-2/) [Eliza Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-griswold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/eliza-griswold-20864_kind_the-power-of-the-voice-in-rap-is-about-t_2379368.jpg) > [God does not need our worship. We worship to enlarge our sense of holy, so that we can feel and know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/god-does-not-need-our-worship-we-worship-to-enlarge-our-sense-of-holy/) [Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/marilynne-robinson-602_amount_god-does-not-need-our-worship-we-worship_188356.png) > [“I have chosen two concepts to guide my thoughts and actions. They are stronger than the pressure of society, the constraints of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gamal-hennessy/i-have-chosen-two-concepts-to-guide-my-thoughts-and-actions-they-are/) [Gamal Hennessy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gamal-hennessy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/gamal-hennessy-59347_character_i-have-chosen-two-concepts-to-guide-my-t_1728210.jpg) > [“...she is careful who she sleeps with, because only those willing totreat her witht he same reverence are worthy of her attention.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-sylvan/she-is-careful-who-she-sleeps-with-because-only-those-willing-totreat/) [Dianne Sylvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-sylvan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/dianne-sylvan-17063_acts-of-love_she-is-careful-who-she-sleeps-with-becau_1355963.jpg) > [Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Therefore, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-valiente/let-my-worship-be-within-the-heart-that-rejoices-for-behold-all-acts/) [Doreen Valiente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doreen-valiente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_let-my-worship-be-within-the-heart-that_1847193.jpg) > [“He had lost that privilege of simple nature, the dissociation of love and pleasure. Pleasure was no longer as simple as eating;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/he-had-lost-that-privilege-of-simple-nature-the-dissociation-of-love/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/thornton-wilder-1495_death_he-had-lost-that-privilege-of-simple-nat_2137296.jpg) > [“The Neo-Pagan Ten “Commandments” 1. Thou art God/dess. 2. As above, so below; as within so without. 3. Spirit abides in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-singer/the-neo-pagan-ten-commandments-1-thou-art-god-dess-2-as-above-so/) [Marian Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-singer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/marian-singer-168989_acts-of-love_the-neo-pagan-ten-commandments-1-thou-ar_1443188.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-and-pleasure/#itemlist", "name": "Love And Pleasure Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Doreen Valiente" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-valiente/all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rituals/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rit_991388.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rit_991388.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/doreen-valiente-34241_acts-of-love_all-acts-of-love-and-pleasure-are-my-rit_991388.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals” — Doreen Valiente", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is more than love and pleasure, I came to dig for treasure. 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