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Wanton Quotes

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Karen Hawkins
“Innocent and virtuous, she represented the exact type of female he avoided... God, she was a taking thing, even for an avaricious reformer.”
Karen Hawkins, The Abduction of Julia

William Shakespeare
“Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out at every joint and motive of her body.”
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
“such wanton, wild, and usual slips/ As are companions noted and most known/ To youth and liberty.”
William Shakespeare

Marcel Proust
“At that moment, noticing that his embroidered handkerchief was revealing part of its coloured edging, he thrust it back into his pocket with a startled glance, like a prudish but not innocent woman concealing bodily charms which in her excessive modesty she sees as wanton.”
Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

“You're afraid to let a man close for fear he'll uncover the wanton [bitch] side of you that you're so ashamed of.”
Deborah Martin, Windswept

Kerri Maniscalco
“An idea sparked like flint striking stone. "If you were guilty and wanted to hide, where might you go first?"

"Depends on what I'm guilty of. Dirty thoughts or wanton follies, I'd send myself straight to your quarters to be punished.”
Kerri Maniscalco, Hunting Prince Dracula

George R.R. Martin
“Shy maids are my favorite sort. Aside from wanton ones.”
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

Avijeet Das
“The insatiable hunger for love, and the wanton desire to be wild.”
Avijeet Das