Quotes About Craving

The root of suffering is attachment

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

Thinking of objects, attachment to them is formed in a man. From attachment longing, and from longing anger grows.

He was my drug, and I had no desire to kick the habit.

Longing that is deeper than want. It's not as simple as desire. It's more like missing something you've never had.

It's always nice being wanted. Even if it's by the wrong person.

Sko?czy?y si? papierosy. A jak si? sko?cz? papierosy, wtedy ogarnia cz?owieka raptowna ch?? zaci?gni?cia si? dymem.

I don't want to live in a world where I have to eat sugar-free sugar cookies.

just for once i want a love that feels like plunging my flushed cheeks into deep soft snow

I wanted it the way an alcoholic must want booze: badly enough to shove aside the hard knowledge that this was a truly lousy idea.

I crave truth. And I lie.

just became so overwhelmed with potential food options that i actually cried

Craving burrito so much that I can't move or breathe

I itched to have my phone in my hands so I could . . . I didn't even know what. I wanted distraction. I wanted a Hermione Time-Turner. I

her craving for food was actually masking her need for emotional nurturance.

Our enjoyment is tainted by anxiety about keeping what we have and our compulsion to reach out and get more.

experience even the most intense craving without pushing it away or acting on it. Instead of hating her experience or losing herself in a swirl of mental activity, Sarah was saying yes to the feelings of urgency and tension and fear. Instead of trying to satisfy her craving, she was simply letting it express itself and move through her.

You see, Armand, there was a new hunger within me, and on some days I can assure you I felt fairly ravenous. The need to read took over me, a delicious and exhilarating hold. The more I read, the hungrier I became. Each book seemed promising, each page I turned offered an escapade, the allure of another world, other destinies, other dreams.

j'étais animée d'une faim nouvelle, et certains jours, j'étais véritablement vorace. Le besoin de lire s'emparait de moi et exerçait sa délicieuse et grisante emprise. Plus je lisais, plus j'avais faim. Chaque ouvrage était riche de promesses, chaque page que je tournais était une équipée, l'attrait d'un autre monde.

On the radio Smokey Robinson complained that "a taste of honey is worse than none at all.

Se dice que un león, cuando ha probado la sangre y la carne humana, ya no quiere comer otra cosa.

When I sit down to eat, the greatest spice of all is hunger.

I used to go to Haagen-Dazs and order three banana splits at a time!

Love is an irreresisistible desire to be irresistibily desired.