Tempted Quotes

330 Tempted quotes by 291 unique authors

George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God… — Madeleine L'Engle
I'd love to write some porn, but I don't know if I have the right engines. When I was a young man and I was… — Neil Gaiman
Just how destructive does a culinary preference have to be before we decide to eat something else? If contributing to the suffering of billions of… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident — Shannon Hale
We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life yet you forget there will always be a part… — Megan McCafferty
Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to… — Georges Bernanos
Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled with pride. Instead, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. Suddenly… — Ellen Hopkins
When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel… — Tamora Pierce
The note, which had been written on one of the pads I kept around for grocery lists, said, "My lover, I came in too close… — Charlaine Harris
On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly glove… — Wendy Cope
I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative… — Immaculee Ilibagiza
The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I asked the prices… — Knut Hamsun
Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember… — Sylvia Plath
You wrote this right?” he said. “It tells how to defeat Set.” Thoth unfolded the papyrus pages. “Oh, dear. I hate reading my old work.… — Rick Riordan
Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the… — Robert Louis Stevenson
I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I come to a red light, tempted to go through it, then stop once I see a billboard sign that I don’t remember seeing and… — Bret Easton Ellis
The very good people did not convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you felt the world outside tugging… — Edith Wharton
Almost Kien was tempted to believe in happiness, that contemptible life-goal of illiterates. If it came of itself, without being hunted for, if you did… — Elias Canetti
If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief. — Frank Herbert
Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so… — Markus Zusak
The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you… — Suzanne Collins
I picked up Pandora's jar. The spirit of Hope fluttered inside, trying to warm the cold container. "Hestia," I said, "I give this to you… — Rick Riordan
You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Is your face a beautiful blossom or a sweet torture? I have no complaints but my heart is tempted to let you hear of its… — Unknown Author

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