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1 " We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche. "
― C.S. Lewis , God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
2 " Not the least of the hardships to which the dying are subject is the visitation of their loved ones. The poor darlings, God bless them, may feel every impulse to condole and console, but their primary sensation is nonetheless one of embarrassment in the presence of the unspeakable and a guilty gratitude that it is not yet their fate. "
― Louis Auchincloss , East Side Story
3 " Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure The bastion of sensation. Do not waver Into language. Do not waver in it. "
― Seamus Heaney
4 " Neuroanatomy, political history, and introspection all offer evidence that human beings are quite capable of resisting the urge to surrender to every impulse of reptilian core of brain. "
― Carl Sagan
5 " Polluting his brain with a hunger so base that it would have made him vomit had he had any possession of his own body. The hunger was more than a desire for food, for sex or for power. The hunger was a vacuum, an endless vortex that consumed every thought, every impulse of who and what he was. He tried to scream but it wouldn't let him. "
