Lure Quotes

121 Lure quotes by 109 unique authors

The liberation children experience when they discover the Internet is quickly counteracted by the lure of e-commerce web sites, which are customized to each individual… — Douglas Rushkoff
It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me… — Donald Miller
The everlasting lure of round-the-corner, how fascinating it is. — Christopher Morley
Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is… — John Burroughs
The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or… — Annie Dillard
She should have remembered that people have given everything they own, everything they are, to be taken care of, and to have their pain gone.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do… — Anne Rice
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a… — George Orwell
Resistances do not derive from a few heterogeneous principles; but neither are they a lure or a promise that is of necessity betrayed. They are… — Michel Foucault
Hence the strong attraction which magic and science alike have exercised on the human mind; hence the powerful stimulus that both have given to the… — James G. Frazer
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, itâ€™s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this… — Clarice Lispector
The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love. — Jeanette Winterson
No empty handed man can lure a bird — Geoffrey Chaucer
Now you are in the true world, and a great deal more is required of you. Here you must befriend real wolves, and lure real… — Margo Lanagan
I cannot assume you will understand me. It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what… — Jeanette Winterson
Girls donâ€™t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and… — Wendelin Van Draanen
Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet matches. The need… — Frances Mayes
I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice… — Chris Rose
We're all as susceptible to the lure of power. — Nalini Singh
The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed… — Cornelia Funke

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