Quotes about Compulsion

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But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself. — Martina Boone, Compulsion
Love doesn't come with an on-off switch. It's made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave thems — Martina Boone, Compulsion
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie. — John Milton, The Complete Poetry
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only — Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Writer: It's not an occupation it's a compulsion. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them. — Martina Boone, Compulsion
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no — Plato, The Republic
We've lost a lot of years, but you can't lose love. Not real love. It stays locked inside you, ready for whenever you ar — Martina Boone, Compulsion
Her hands crept around his neck, tangling in his hair to keep him closer, even though she knew that beautiful boys with — Martina Boone
I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he sh — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate. — Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has championed human freedom — David F. Ford, Theology: A Very Short Introduction
Compulsion is the death of friendship, joy. — Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain
Casting a curious gaze down on planet Earth, extra-terrestrial beings could well be forgiven for assuming that we humans — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
Reading is not optional. — Walter Dean Myers
But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real — Martina Boone, Compulsion
When I am fully immersed in my work of nourishing humanity, it fills my head with all kinds of feel-good chemicals, such — Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance
Once you are defiled, you can't get back your purity by any means, instead, you will only look for ways to be defiled ov — Michael Bassey Johnson
It was an obsession, it was a compulsion. "The way to banish temptation is to give into it," the saying went. Maybe if s — Nikki Sex, Amy's Gangbang Love Story
Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me. — Alain Badiou, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil