Quotes About Attachment

And yet there succeeded, not indeed other griefs, yet the causes of other griefs. For whence had that former grief so easily reached my very inmost soul, but that I had poured out my soul upon the dust, in loving one that must die, as if he would never die?

And therefore perchance I feared to die, lest he whom I had much loved should die wholly.

Clearly we must not be attached to anything, no matter how innocent, because it will slip from our grasp when least expected; nothing but the eternal can content us.

TRUTH #2: Desire is the root of suffering. It is the desire to achieve, to live, to make things tolerable and pleasant, and even better, that creates untold pain in the lives of men and women. Want nothing, and you shall not be disappointed.

Sana bunu anlatmak istedim, çünkü senin, beni hiç tan?mayan senin, bir yaÅŸam?n nas?l sana baÄŸland???n? ve kaybolduÄŸunu nihayet kavramaya baÅŸlaman? istedim.

O anda sana â??k olmuÅŸtum. Biliyorum çevrendeki kad?nlar sana, ??mart?lm?? olan sana bu sözcükleri s?kça söylemiÅŸtir. Fakat inan bana hiç kimse seni benim o zamanlar olduÄŸum ve hep öyle kald???m halimle ve hep seveceÄŸim ÅŸekilde, köle gibi, sad?k bir köpek gibi, kol kanat gererek sevmemiÅŸtir.

But we need to make a distinction: we can love this or that, but we cannot "form a marriage bond" unless it is with our own selves.

Ich weiß, Frauen haben Dir, dem Verwöhnten, oft dieses Wort gesagt. Aber glaube mir, niemand hat Dich so sklavisch, so hündisch, so hingebungsvoll geliebt wie dieses Wesen, das ich war und das ich für Dich immer geblieben bin.

içi soÄŸuk olan her insan gibi, kendisi yanmadan tutku ateÅŸiyle sar?lm?? olmaktan hoÅŸlan?yordu.

Pero siempre ol vida que "tener" no significa "mantener", ni "poseer" "conservar".

As if I already had some inkling of my own future fate, I was most moved by those of the people here who had no homeland, or even worse, had not just one but two or three, and privately still did not feel sure where they belonged.

The world existed for me only in relationship to you.

When I'm in love, I can't stand anyone.

He supposed that he wanted her so much that it was making him fond of her;

if only I had someone who belonged only to me, and didn't always have to go into other people's homes and share with them; I want someone for my very own.

Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?

I felt a great fear rise up in my heart: for what should my world be, after all, without Lord Harold in it?

That's the most mysterious thing about love—it takes hold of you whether you're ready or not." She swallowed. "But it hurts." "It's supposed to. Otherwise, you wouldn't notice.

When you care about someone, they have the power to control you.

James watched her walk away and wondered how she had managed to worm her way into his well-guarded heart in only a couple of days. But even more important, how the devil was he going to evict her from the premises?

My heart only have one thought, one want. One néed. Despite all, in spite of all....All my heart has ever wanted is you.

The truth is you never can leave home. You take it with you everywhere you go. It's under your skin. It moves the tongue or slows it, colors the thinking, impedes upon the logic.

You can love many people. But the truth is you can only be IN LOVE with just ONE.

The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us.