Holly Black Quotes

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

Men are victims of their own impulses.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.

Temptation is just that - she's the girl you claim you don't want, but in the moment, you have more drinks than you should in the club. One thing leads to another, and suddenly you've done something really stupid. You've jeopardized what could've potentially been a really great relationship, all due to temptation.

There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

Your mind is like, oh my God, I know this is wrong, but your body just gives in.

We know what we are supposed to do and we don't want to do it, so we do the exact opposite anyway. And, it never goes well for us when we do that.

One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

I think everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice - and knowing it's a bad choice - but doing it anyway.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.

I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.

We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist the urge to give in to our baser natures.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

We've all got vices, and we're all freakin' trying.