#pleasures

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

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Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. ↗

— Moliere

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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. ↗

— Moliere

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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

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I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation. ↗

— Richard Powers

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Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

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