Lure Quotes

“Powerlessness is such a lure, such a poisonous lure.”

“Weakness is an irresistible lure.”

“I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.”

“She tied him a fly, using a pattern she’d designed, one that had given her untold luck with those silvery fish, those fighting steelhead. She was anxious for his return. “Does it have a name?” he said, when she gave it to him. “The Predator.” She smiled. A little embarrassed. His eyes turned dark, and her heart beat faster. His voice dipped low. “It’s a fine name.” He regarded her for several heavy, silent beats. She felt an atavistic pull, the hairs on her arms rising toward him, as if in electrical attraction. He leaned closer and her mouth turned dry. And he told her about the wild blueberries. Down by the bend in the river. She took the lure. She went in search of the berries. She never came home.”

“words...To lure the tribal shoals to epigram / And order.”

“There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”

“Success involves avoiding the lure of making excuses.”

“The world lures people with its temptations and attractions, masking them with a cover of pleasure”

“The world will always try to lure us away so that it can infect us with sin.”

“The breeze at the beach has a secret song in her heart which always lures us back.”