There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded b… - Jeanette Winterson

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There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded beyond the door. The ones who think that stray desires can be driven out of the heart like the moneychangers from the temple. Maybe they can, if you patrol your weak points day and night, don't look, don't smell, don't dream.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is a British novelist.

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