Pleasure – Quotes

It is true that

It is true that ‘I seem to see a table’ does not entail ‘I see a table’; but ‘I seem to feel a pain’ does entail ‘I feel a pain’. So scepticism loses its force – cannot open up its characteristic gap – with regard to that which ultimately most concerns us, pleasure and pain. … Read more

when all of life

when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority. Galen Beckett

No sign of pleasure

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead. Gail Carson Levine

I kissed her, he

I kissed her, he explained, aggrieved. Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence. Lyall sharpened his pen nib, using a small copper blade that ejected from the end of his glassicals. Well! Why hasn’t she done anything about it? the Alpha wanted to know. You mean like whack … Read more

There’s a pleasure to

There’s a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there’s no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive. Gabrielle Zevin

Then the writing became

Then the writing became so fluid that I sometimes felt as if I were writing for the sheer pleasure of telling a story, which may be the human condition that most resembles levitation. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

To be a true

To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness, a readiness to put one’s own pleasures aside for that of others, to be courteous to all, kind to those younger than yourself, helpful to your parents, even if helpfulness … Read more