Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.

The most beautiful makeup for a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.

A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.