#pleas

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#conception #consumes #down #escaping #every

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#also #between #capital #double #each

To a man, sex is the ultimate expression of love. It is pure pleasure. But to a woman there exists something greater than pleasure - gestures of adoration. A gentle caress on the cheek, an attentive smile, a soft kiss while swept away in a slow dance, the whispered words, 'You're beautiful' - these are the tokens of love that women cherish. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#adoration #attention #love #lovers #pleasure

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#book #child #cutting #out #pictures

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless? ↗

— Anne Tyler

#always #bed #cat #come #dog

Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#important #less #many #our #part

A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#bearing #much #pain #pleasure

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#company #conversation #displaying #drawing #gift

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#being #intellectual #issues #knowing #me

It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual called Man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#pleasure #life