Quotes about Allure
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
- Hosea 2:14
Temptation is attractive; otherwise it wouldn't be tempting. And it's dangerous because it's attractive.
- David Jeremiah
The horses came thundering toward Margaret. "Get down!" Daniel tackled her to the dusty ground. The breath puffed out of her. She struggled to free herself, but his strong body kept her pinned beneath him. She could smell the clean scent of soap underneath the scent of his skin. Never in her life had she felt so helpless and dependent. And protected. The word whispered through her brain with a gentle allure.
- Colleen Coble
Politics, which always runs by the rules of ungrace, allures us to trade away grace for power, a temptation the church has often been unable to resist.
- Philip Yancey
Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish do not desire it.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Or light or dark, or short or tall, she sets a spring to snare them all; all's one to her--above her fan, she'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
- Oscar Wilde
There was something northern about him that magnetised her.
- DH Lawrence
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
- Mark Twain
What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not always what least allures.
- Herman Melville
I cannot pay attention unless I am attracted.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Beauty is power.
- Anonymous