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• Relationship gurus always said that an attraction based on friendship and mutual respect was far more likely to stay the course - and the bastards were right.

  Marian Keyes

  Guru, Said, Mutual Respect

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• Physical attraction was about aesthetics, not sexual performance, not mental stimulation. Without a mental connection, a remarkable sexual performance yielded no lifelong guarantees. It was only lust. And lust was not love.

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Lust, Connections, Guarantees

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• She also considered very seriously what she would look like in a little cottage in the middle of the forest, dressed in a melancholy gray and holding communion only with the birds and trees; a life of retirement away from the vain world; a life into which no man came. It had its attractions, but she decided that gray did not suit her.

  A. A. Milne

  Retirement, Bird, Tree

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Once on a Time”, p.206, The Floating Press

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• My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between his lines.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Profound, Lines, Way

  Augusten Burroughs (2011). “You Better Not Cry: True Stories for Christmas”, p.75, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.

  Amy Carmichael

  Firsts, Crosses, Wanted

  Amy Carmichael (2002). “Gold Cord: The Story of a Fellowship”, p.13, CLC Publications

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• ... But he recommended the books which charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and corrected her judgment; he made reading useful by talking to her of what she read, and heightened its attraction by judicious praise.

  Jane Austen

  Book, Reading, Talking

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.487, Wordsworth Editions

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• You are joy, looking for a way to express. It's not just that your purpose is joy, it is that you are joy. You are love and joy and freedom and clarity expressing. Energy-frolicking and eager. That's who you are.

  Esther Hicks

  Law Of Attraction, Joy, Energy

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• If these were indications of new love, as Sergei expected they were, then he was not surprised. All that scraping and arguing, the teasing and playful antagonism, could only mean on thing. It was a sure sign of attraction.

  Suzanne Weyn

  Mean, Arguing, Tease

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• The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet.

  David Nicholls

  Self, One Day, Pleasure

  David Nicholls (2009). “One Day”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• Physical attraction that strong is addictive. And knowing that kind of magic isn’t just a fantasy makes me want to find it again. But what about being with someone who makes me a better person? What about sharing my life with someone who adores me as much as I adore him, whom I can always count on, who helps me find my way when I’m lost?

  Susane Colasanti

  Strong, Knowing, Magic

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• They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls.

  Max Brooks

  Real, Sky, Soul

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.194, Broadway Books

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• ...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.

  Nora Roberts

  Past, Lust, Gone

  Nora Roberts (2010). “Happy Ever After”, p.153, Penguin

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• You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe in the impossible." — Simone Elkeles (Rules of Attraction)

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Believe, Impossible, Rules Of Attraction

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• We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.

  Oswald Chambers

  Beautiful, Inspiration, Sunrise

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.568, Discovery House

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• If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, or how love must partake of both to prosper, I expect there'd be more happy people." "And a lot fewer poems and plays," I said, laughing as I splashed about in the scented water.

  Sherwood Smith

  Play, Differences, Water

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• Margaret liked this smile; it was the first thing she had admired in this new friend of her father's; and the opposition of character, shown in all these details of appearance she had just been noticing, seemed to explain the attraction they evidently felt towards each other.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Smile, Father, Character

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1419, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I sat at the foot of a huge tree, a statue of the night, and tried to make an inventory of all I had seen, heard, smelled, and felt: dizziness, horror, stupor, astonishment, joy, enthusiasm, nausea, inescapable attraction. What had attracted me? It was difficult to say: Human kind cannot bear much reality.

  Octavio Paz

  Night, Reality, Names

  "In Light of India".

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• There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion

  Candace Bushnell

  Lines, Attraction And Repulsion, Repulsion

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• I believe in lust at first sight.And attraction.But not love.

  Simone Elkeles

  Believe, Sight, Lust

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Rules of Attraction”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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• Start telling the story of your amazing life, and the law of attraction must make sure you receive it!

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspiring, Law Of Attraction, Amazing Life

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Power”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• You've never heard of Chaos theory? Non-linear equations? Strange attractors? Ms. Sattler, I refuse to believe you're not familiar with the concept of attraction.

  Michael Crichton

  Believe, Jurassic Park, Strange

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• Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have you ever watched a male lobster rise up on the tips of his legs and snap his claws, demanding female attention? Attraction is the first element of all animal reproduction, humans included

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Animal, Goal, Female

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.

  Albert Camus

  Alarms, Bells, Faces

  Albert Camus (2006). “The fall”, Penguin Modern Classics

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• There are no rules to attraction. Jake is nothing like who I wanted.

  Simone Elkeles

  Jake, Wanted

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Rules of Attraction”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.

  Emily Giffin

  Lines, Loses

  Emily Giffin (2015). “Borrowed & Blue: Something Borrowed, Something Blue”, p.577, St. Martin's Griffin

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