Lust is an intense feeling of passion and desire for something. It can be a powerful emotion, and many people have found solace in the words of others about the subject. Here, we’ve compiled a collection of quotes about lust to explore the complexity of this emotion. From poets to celebrities, these quotes offer insight into the nature of lust and its impact on relationships. Read on for some thought-provoking words about lust that will make you reflect on your own feelings and experiences.

The best lust quotes

1. They had kissed so often in lust, in passion, but never like this.This felt like a renewal, a pledge… A beginning. — J.C. Owens, The Emperor’s Wolf

2. I had sex with Jett because I was attracted to him. Jett hired me because he wanted me. It was lust at first sight. — J.C. Reed

3. Just when you think things can’t get any naughtier… they do! — Scarlett Avery, Blazing Lust

4. Capitalists desire purchasing power. Socialists lust for the power to plan society. Which is worse? — A.E. Samaan

5. And then he kissed me, and when the haze of lust cleared and my knees found their strength, and all I could think was Oh Shit — Vi Keeland, Throb

6. And now I wnt love. Lust is no good for me. I want love. His love. — Philippa Gregory

7. Lust comes creeping through the night to feed on hearts of suburban wives who learned to pretend when they met their dreams end. — Neil Young

8. All weather is sin–related. Lust causes thunder, anger causes fog, and you don’t want to know what causes dew. — Stephen Colbert, I Am America

9. When you are feeling very passionate, lust, sex takes over. Just try to be tranquil in the breathing, and you feel sex has disappeared. — Rajneesh

10. Sin in the world destroys people’s lives through lust, sickness and addiction. — Sunday Adelaja

11. Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love. — Teresa Mummert

12. Poetry is a finikin thing of air That lives uncertainly and not for long Yet radiantly beyond much lustier blurs. — Wallace Stevens

13. The poet lusts after emotionally unavailable people because she doesn’t have to worry about commitment. The poet desperately wants commitment. — Trista Mateer, [Redacted]

14. Lusty blacksmiths and naughty princesses. Now that’s scary — Simon Holt, The Devouring

15. Poetry is a finikin thing of air That lives uncertainly and not for long Yet radiantly beyond much lustier blurs. — Wallace Stevens

16. It’s not through words but actions that I want to set the luster on my life. — Sophocles

17. Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom. — William Penn

18. Love can make a great celebration out of your life–but only love, not lust, not ego, not possessiveness, not jealousy, not dependence. — Rajneesh

19. It is beautiful in a picture to wash the disciples’ feet — but the sands of the real desert have no lustre in them to compensate for the servile nature of the occupation.

20. Do no drown me with mediocrity, give me passion, desire, make me inhale breaths of lust and love in the dark hours that tingle down my spine… — Virginia Alison

21. You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attention upon my old age; They were not such a plague when I was young; What else have I to spur me into song? — William Butler Yeats

22. Hint And Suggestion : Admonitory grook addressed to youthThe human spirit sublimatesthe impulses it thwarts — a healthy sex life mitigatesthe lust for other sports.

23. Might his last glance behold the glorious ensign of the Republic still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all their original lustre. — Noah Webster

24. The description of lust was simple: two people learn They’re compatible , attraction grows, and The ancient instinct to preserve The species kicks in. — Nicholas Sparks

25. Poetry is a finikin thing of airThat lives uncertainly and not for longYet radiantly beyond much lustier blurs. — Wallace Stevens, The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

26. Lust is the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone. — Teresa Mummert

27. The say beauty conquered the beast, but I’ll bet lust had a lot to do with it. — Travis Luedke, Blood Slave

28. And all, but Lust, is turned to dust In Humanity’s machine. — Oscar Wilde

29. For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. — Stephen King

30. Lust was edging confusion for the lead. Good sense had fallen far behind. — Teri Anne Stanley, Drunk on You

31. Real men don’t Lust but Love — Samuel Asumadu–Sarkodie

32. Some people insist on inviting me to their drama buffet… No thanks! My soul hungers for nourishment and growth — it doesn’t lust for poison and depletion.

33. I have always been full of lust–as I am now–but I have always been placing conceptual obstacles in my own path. — Susan Sontag

34. Men of unlimited means live lives of unbridled lust, and then, in their old age, they are helpless victims of their own impulses. — Upton Sinclair

35. My good hoe as it bites the ground revenges my wrongs, and I have less lust to bite my enemies. In the smoothing the rough hillocks, I smooth my temper. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

36. Lust promises you the world, and disappoints. Love promises you the universe, and delivers. — Matshona Dhliwayo

37. All weather is sin–related. Lust causes thunder, anger causes fog, and you don’t want to know what causes dew. — Stephen Colbert, I Am America

38. Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom. — Matshona Dhliwayo

39. You can’t love someone just by looking at them. That is lust. Not saying love can’t come fast, but it doesn’t come first. — Teresa Mummert

40. Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love. — Teresa Mummert

41. My heart was simultaneously broken and filled with lust, I was exhausted, and I loved every minute of it. It was strange and elating to find myself for once the weaker. — Michael Chabon

42. She had seen this relationship dying before it ever lived, but allowed optimism and lust to blind her. — Thomm Quackenbush, Danse Macabre (Night’s Dream, #2)

43. And then he kissed me, and when the haze of lust cleared and my knees found their strength, and all I could think was Oh Shit — Vi Keeland, Throb

44. So you’re saying they don’t want to kill us, they want to fuck us?”At that level of desire the two acts are interchangeable, sir. — Matt Wallace, Lustlocked

45. Love can not be much younger than the lust for murder. — Sigmund Freud

46. ‘i’m most dangerous when bored.” ~Drahomira, vampire’ — Sherry Rentschler, Midnight Assassin: A Tale of Lust and Revenge

47. He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal. — Rumi

48. Lusty blacksmiths and naughty princesses. Now that’s scary — Simon Holt, The Devouring

49. ‘he wants her to want him with the same intensity. She looks upon him with lusts draw and whispers, ”Take me, I am yours.’ — Truth Devour, Unrequited

50. It’s not through words but actions that I want to set the luster on my life. — Sophocles

Conclusion

Lust quotes can provide us with insight into our own desires and motivations. They can help us to recognize the power that lust has over us, and to be mindful of the consequences that come with it. By reflecting on these quotes, we can gain greater control of our desires, and use them for positive outcomes. Ultimately, lust can be a powerful force for good in our lives, when used responsibly.