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“Lust is a mysterious wound in the side of humanity; or rather, at the very source of its life! To confound this lust in man with that desire which unites the sexes is like confusing a tumor with the very organ which it devours, a tumor whose very deformity horribly reproduces the shape.”

Men Desire Humanity Sex Sides Source Shapes Wounds Lust Mysterious Organs Confusing Tumors Deformity

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“Under the olive trees, from the ground Grows this flower, which is a wound. It is easier to ignore Than the heroes' sunset fire Of death plunged in their willed desire Raging with flags on the world's shore.”

World Desire Grows Fire Tree Flower Hero Easier Rage Wounds Sunset Shore Flags Olives Olive Trees

Book:Selected Poems of Stephen Spender

Source: Selected Poems of Stephen Spender

“" ... It is not my desire to wound the feelings of any person with whom I am connected in family bonds. I may be a hypocrite," said Mr. Pecksniff, cuttingly, "but I am not a brute."”

May Persons Said Feelings Funny Desire Humorous Connected Wounds Hypocrite Brutes Family Bond

Book:The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Source: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

“We [people] are made separate by the things we do or do not do. Responsibilities of all types curb us. Desire betrays us. No wound is ever truly petty. And there are so many ways to be locked apart from the rest of the world.”

People World Way Made Desire Responsibility Type Wounds Betray Locked Petty Curb

Author:Jill Alexander Essbaum