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Quotes About Passion

The persistence of the infatuation lent it an aspect of genuineness. The hopelessness of it colored it with the lofty tones of a great passion
~ Kate Chopin
The Criminal Element spoke often, and passionately, about the nefarious activities that every human being is capable of. Not only did it insist that the human heart was dark beyond all reckoning; it also likened the heart to a river. And further, it said, If we are not careful, that river can carry us along in its hidden currents of want and anger and need, and transform each of us into the very criminal we fear.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Yes, sir, said Despereaux. He raised his voice. But...I broke the rules for good reasons. Because of music. And because of love.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Maybelline's favorite movies were the love stories.
~ Kate DiCamillo
What's wrong with writing about love? Everybody longs for love.
~ Kate Forsyth
une lectrice assidue
~ Kate Mosse
your passion doesn't have to be utterly precise. Perhaps, for starters, you just feel an urge to work with kids or organize things, or create a website. Start with an instinct, tease it into different directions
~ Kate White
When you answer questions about your educational or work history, let your enthusiasm about different projects and situations come through (e.g., "It was so much more than I could have hoped for in an internship. I had the chance to actually write up the newsletter and work with a designer to put it together. I loved every minute of it.").
~ Kate White
If you haven't found your calling yet, the best thing to do is get your butt off your chair, fill your life with a wide array of unusual experiences, and allow yourself to bump into what will exhilarate you.
~ Kate White
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
~ Katharine Hepburn
willing to abrogate his own creative ambitions.
~ Katharine Weber
I remember, in hot floods, the way he slept, still as death, with his face washed flat, stony as a carved tomb and exquisite. His weakness and his ravening bitter needs were terrible, and beautiful, and irresistible as an earthquake. He scalded or smothered anyone he needed, but his needing and the hurt that it caused me were the most life I have ever had. Remember what a poor thing I have always been and forgive me.
~ Katherine Dunn
I knew what he felt. The huge buoyant air sack of love that filled his body had just exploded and the collapse was devastating.
~ Katherine Dunn
The huge buoyant air sack of love that filled his body had just exploded and the collapse was devastating.
~ Katherine Dunn
Jess drew the way some people drink whiskey.
~ Katherine Paterson
Jess drew the way some people drink whiskey. The peace would start at the top of his muddled brain and seep down through his tired and tensed-up body.
~ Katherine Paterson
It was terrible of you, Shanna pouted, but her eyes danced as they turned askance to meet his. I could have left, you know. I was that angry. I would have followed you, Ruark assured with a flash of white teeth. You have my heart and my baby. You would not have escaped.
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Shanna - Madam Beauchamp. You have provided the brightest moment in my day. As she stared, his lips moved further in soundless vow. I love you.
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Honor you? he breathed. Sweetest Erienne, how could I not? You are ever in my thoughts, bending me, plucking at the fibers of my mind. The man inside me trembles whenever you're near, and I groan with agony for the touch of your hand laid upon me in a soft caress.
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Tell me you don't feel what I feel when I hold you. Tell me you don't tremble when I touch you, he whispered huskily, and then try to tell me you don't want me to make love to you.
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
~ Shanna whirled
Being in love makes every morning worth getting up for.
~ Kathleen Fuller
The point of living in the world is just to stay interested
~ Kathleen Rooney
It troubles me that among my few remaining acquaintances there is no one with whom I can share my enthusiasm for these new things.
~ Kathleen Rooney