But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even pur

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion. – Garrison Keillor

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For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still. – George Chapman

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You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world. – Sheila Graham

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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal, 17 December 1856

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