Consume my heart away, sick with desire And fastened to a dying animal It knows not what it is, and gather me Into the artifice of eternity. William Butler Yeats
You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you. Antonio Porchia
It is no longer a passion hidden in my heart: It is Venus herself fastened to her prey. Jean Racine
It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But true love stays fastened to the axle and doesn't move. Haruki Murakami
You've got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon' be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth. Sue Monk Kidd
A footman's hat should fly off to every body; and therefore Mercury, who was Jupiter's footman, had wings fastened to his cap. Jonathan Swift