The road of gluttony leads straight to lust and, if traveled a little farther, to the loss of one's soul.

But beyond confusion and rage, the strongest feeling I remember having that night was frustrated desire, because I would never be able to satisfy my need to run my hands over Rosa's body, to penetrate her secrets, to release the green fountain of her hair and plunge into its deepest waters.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.

The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.

It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty, too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.

Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.

People want you to fail.

Just make sure that you fight the battle God has given you, and not one of your own making.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.