Quotes About Passion

Sentía en los dedos de la mano atrapada por Chabela los vellos de un pubis ligeramente levantado y la oquedad empapada, palpitante, contra la que aquélla la aplastaba. Temblando

Se besaron con avidez y desesperación, primero en los labios y, luego, abriendo las bocas, confundiendo sus lenguas, intercambiando sus salivas, mientras las manos de cada una le quitaban —le arranchaban— a la otra el camisón hasta quedar desnudas y enredadas; giraban

La cultura puede ser experimento y reflexión, pensamiento y sueño, pasión y poesía y una revisión crítica constante y profunda de todas las certidumbres, convicciones, teorías y creencias. Pero ella no puede apartarse de la vida real, de la vida verdadera, de la vida vivida, que no es nunca la de los lugares comunes, la del artificio, el sofisma y el juego, sin riesgo

Dos que trabajan juntos no deben encamarse, el amor y el trabajo son incompatibles, encamarse rima con pelearse. Así

Lo que guardo en la memoria de esos años son los autores que descubrí, los libros queridos que leí con esa voracidad con que uno se envicia de literatura a los dieciocho años!

Miss Manson," said Freddie, "I think I love you.

Yes, it's true, what I said earlier: A real life doesn't mean geting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too, is knowing what you love.But getting what you love? Having what you love love you back? Oh, my friend, it's miracle: your one tiny life's head-on collision with divinity.

A real life doesn't mean getting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too is knowing what you love.

Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

When men desire each other, they crash together like wrecking balls, quenching their need right then and there, as if the world were about to end.

You'll find that great artists don't love, live, fuck or even die like ordinary people. Because they always have their art. It nourishes them more than any connection to people. Whatever human tragedy befalls them, they're never too gutted, because they need only to pour the tragedy into their vat, stir in the other lurid ingredients, blast it over a fire. What emerges will be even more magnificent than if the tragedy had never occurred.

That was just how Jim was. He saturated. He overflowed. He drowned.

Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to do powerful work.

Don't worry about it, my child. Tell yourself that you are experiencing a true love story. But of course. Have you ever seen anyone write a poem about the woman he married and who yells at him four times a day? Do you think that if Romeo and Juliet had had six children together, there would have been a book about them? You're suffering! That's why you're playing so well now!

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE LIVED BADLY

Love is the opposite of good sense.

I wanted to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one.

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.

Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It's a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn't radical. It's normal. It's time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It's time to go all in and all out for the All in All. Pack your coffin!

I think luxury is having a sense of personal continuity, of personal passion, in the midst of a busy public life, Julia postulates.

Because we are what we love, our identity and our dignity depend on what we love and the depth and passion with which we love.

What changes need to happen in your life to enjoy Jesus more thoroughly, worship him more passionately, follow him more closely, serve him more diligently, trust him more fully, and proclaim him more boldly?

Jude 1:3 commands us to "contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints" (emphasis added). Quite frankly, there are certain things that we need to just adhere to and fight for with deep passion and conviction—the national border issues, as we discussed in chapter 4.

None of them were greatly interested in the election except as a national soap opera in which the closeness of the result was more exciting than the identity of the winner. Individually, they were passionate about GP fundholding, academy schools, asylum, but none of them trusted any party to keep a promise about any of these issues. Louisa struggled to believe that she could change herself, let alone the world.