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The Art of Seduction

Robert Greene · 2001

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What this book knows

Power over others flows not from force but from engineered desire—seduction is a system anyone can learn.

Sex: Primary
Work: Present
Learning: Present
Religion: Absent

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The intensity of his attention made a woman feel that in his eyes, at that moment, she was the only woman in the world.
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Richard tells Lady Anne that what he did, he did because of his love for her—his feelings so strong he was driven to murder.
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Learn to play up the qualities your rivals lack. Lenin made a show of decisiveness—precisely what no other leader had at the time.
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desire

Women sensed that behind his cold exterior Byron was romantic, even spiritual—once a woman entertained that thought, she was under his spell.
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As in Tantrism, you can create more pleasure by delaying the inevitable—uncontrollable boldness is not seductive but frightening.
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self-and-identity

Make your gestures seem spontaneous and unplanned. Any sexual element of your behavior should seem innocent, unconscious.
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