#inflame

Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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