Lust Quotes in Delirium

Sounds like this cure is less a cure for love and more a cure for lust. It's possible to love someone without touching them, right?

We have to wonder if Lena would feel this way about Alex if he was still pretending to not know who she was. Maybe it's the fact that he's attracted to her that really gets her motor going.

This is a hormone-fueled party, and all the sexual tension in the air is making Lena dizzy. We wonder if she would have the same feelings if she were "cured" or if, as a cured, she would just avoid the part to begin with.

Dang, Alex has quite the effect on Lena. Normally lust makes people all hot and sweaty, but Lena goes into a total chill. When her government-instilled fear combines with her lust, she is paralyzed.

Here, Lena is reciting from memory the symptoms of amor deliria nervosa as though it's malaria. But really, she's describing the normal physiological symptoms of attraction. In other words, she's so excited, she just can't hide it.

Jeez. For Lena, the fact that the government has banned love just makes her want it more. What's the lesson here, do you think?

Let's put this into context, shall we? Lena just saw two people get killed right in front of her, and a dog took a giant bite out of her leg. But all she can think about is Alex's chest. Ladies and gentleman: this is lust. Try to control yourselves, please.

No wonder the government bans music and dancing. Those are gateway drugs to smooching, apparently.

Lena kissed a boy and she likes it. She really likes it. In fact, it's basically all she can think about for the rest of the book. It almost makes us wish she did have the cure, because then she might shut up about kissing Alex. But if her society didn't try so hard to stamp out love, do you think Lena would feel as strongly about it?

Okay, burning to death in a motorcycle accident doesn't sound romantic to anyone but Lena. And maybe Romeo and Juliet. C'mon, Lena, no guy is worth literally dying for.