Quotes about Abstinence

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Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are? — John Green
Dude, you don't want to be dead. Take it from me. No-pussy is bad. But dead is like no-pussy times ten. — Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Perhaps it’s true that in our sex-saturated culture it does take a certain amount of self-discipline to resist having se — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Well, that brings us to the point: There is only one way to protect ourselves from the deadly diseases that stalk the hu — James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: A Young Adult's Guide to a Meaningful Future
It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what the — Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign
I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine. — Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
As Feministing.com commenter electron-Blue noted in response to the 2008 New York Times Magazine article “Students of Vi — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
If being premenstrual is “innocence,” does that make those of us with periods guilty? And this really gets to the heart — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call ‘The Presumption of Sickness,’ i. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely — Roman Payne, The Wanderess
Look, choosing to wait until marriage makes me feel empowered. But if the same choice cripples you, then it wasn't the r — Rachael Allen, The Revenge Playbook
A chastity device won't put out the flames of burning flesh.The Ultimate Guide to ChastityRemoving the Iron Panties — Sandra B. James
I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and if abstinence be an e — Anne Brontë
Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. I — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
In addition to shaming sexual-assault victims, positioning abstinence as women's domain further promotes the notion that — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
There is more food in a pennyworth of bread than in a gallon of ale. — Joseph Livesey, A Lecture on Malt Liquor
Sixty years of virginity tried in vain to dam the waters of instinct as they burst through the granite of good intention — René Crevel, Putting My Foot in It
The great sexual energy that one has on abstinence can be transformed into art, poetry, dance, and inventions. — Girdhar Joshi, Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
Love is the only thing that changes abstinence from a prison into pleasure. — jihad eltabey
She would grace his home with her charm and beauty and she would make his bed joyous, all without ever having to shame h — Dorothy West, The Wedding