Book Lust

Famous quotes containing the words book and/or lust:

“That of all the several ways of beginning a book which are now in practice throughout the known world, I am confident my own way of doing it is the best—I’m sure it is the most religious—for I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“One sin, I know, another doth provoke.
Murder’s as near to lust as flame to smoke.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)