Quotes About Fulfillment

Lila always knew what she wanted and got it; I don't want anything, I'm made of nothing. I hoped to wake in the morning without desires. Once I was emptied—I imagined—the affection of Antonio, my affection for him will be enough.

The relationship between money and the possession of things had disappointed her.

And I had become, that was certain, but without an object, without a real passion, without a determined ambition.

Essere fatta male nel senso vuol dire, evidentemente, non riuscire a provare piacere sotto i colpi del maschio, vuol dire torcersi di voglia strusciandosi per acquietare il desiderio, vuol dire afferrargliele mani, portarsele contro il sesso come a volte ho fatto io con Franco ignorando il suo fastidio, anche la noia di chi ha già avuto il suo orgasmo e ora vorrebbe assopirsi.

Become. It was a verb that had always obsessed me, but I realized it for the first time only in that situation. I wanted to become, even though I had never known what. And I had become, that was certain, but without an object, without a real passion, without a determined ambition.

I don't want to accept an idea of life where the success of the self is measured by the success of the written page.

el momento en que la escritura parece cuidarse únicamente de sacar adelante la historia. Es ahí donde radica por completo la alegría de escribir.

mi immaginai che non fosse morta insoddisfatta e sospirai di soddisfazione inattesa.

I hope that in the free time of old age, the wonder will return.

Become. It was a verb that had always obsessed me...I wanted to become, even though I had never known what. And I had become, that was certain, but without an object, without a real passion, without a determined ambition.

De ti he aprendido a tomar notas, a expresarme en vez de rumiar en secreto, a moverme, a dibujar todos los días, a hacer, a decir en vez de meditar, a no disimular la conmoción y me siento fuerte por esta abundancia de actividad, este sentimiento de expansión y de plenitud.

When we grow old, there can only be one regret — not to have given enough of ourselves.

Everyone wants to look for something of their own, a house of their own, a child of their own, a partner of their own, entirely for themselves alone. No one is satisfied with a room of their own any more.

The life does not have meaning when we do not have goals.

Everything you want right now, everything you want so passionately and think you'll never get—you will get it someday." I accidentally met her eyes, and it felt like she was talking to me. "Yes, you will get it," she said, looking right at me, "but by that time, you won't want it anymore. That's how it happens.

There is no suffering if you don't want anything.

Quality of life": as if we knew it, and could measure it. I wanted to know what it was: the quality of life.

Everything you want right now, everything you want so passionately and think you'll never get--you will get it someday." I accidentally met her eyes, and it felt like she was talking to me. "Yes, you will get get it," she said, looking right at me, "but by that time, you won't want it anymore. That's how it happens.

The supermarket had everything. I had never felt so happy to see Whiskas, the cat food.

Sometimes, when I caught that glimmer of promise, I tried to touch myself to see if I could have an orgasm. It never quite worked. Afterward, when Mesut had gone into that weird trance, I wondered if I should get up and go to the bathroom and try to do it by myself in peace. But it always felt like more hassle than it was worth.

Nobody ever said we were put on this earth for our own entertainment

Deep down I have a talent for well-being.

Music was the only other thing that was layered like that, so much that each new component changed the meaning of the whole. And so much building up and holding back-promising and withholding, and withholding, and withholding. You're going to die without it. You're never going to get it. You're going to die. Here it is.

Had it not been for empty, there would have been nothing to fill. Nothing to struggle with, strive for or dream. Although fulfillment is our ending destiny, it's the getting there that builds character. That puts muscle in faith, and sweats out victory. Vigilance is the empty, that pushes all our nothings into something.