Quotes About Unattainable

His idea of the perfect life, the best he could have in the universe, was sitting right next to him. So close, yet so far out of his reach.

She was achingly effortless, and she would never, in a million years, choose me.

It is a terrible thing to want something you cannot have. It takes you over. I couldn't think straight because of it. There was no one else, I realized, whom I could possibly tell.

The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.

And to no one is this state more attractive than to those whom it is consistently denied.

When someone covets something they desire and lust over it.Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem...

You, have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit. And you, have that whole blonde cool and collected perfect smart thing going on. You're the boy all the girls want to rebel with. You, are the unattainable girl in homeroom who never gives a guy the time of day.

In contemplation as in action, we must distinguish between what may be attained and what is unattainable. Without this, little can be achieved, either in life or in knowledge.

A tökéletességre törekvés kimerít, és nem változtat semmin. A tökéletesség eszmény. Márpedig minden eszmény elérhetetlen, sohasem valósulhat meg, mert akkor nem lenne többé eszmény. Az eszmény és a valóság között áthidalhatatlan, örök szakadék tátong. (A gróf)

17. To pursue the unattainable is insanity, yet the thoughtless can never refrain from doing so.

It is crazy to want what is impossible. And impossible for the wicked not to do so.

This is what I miss… not something that's gone, but something that will never happen.

All I can think about is how I wanted to share those firsts with Logan and how I never knew it was an impossibility because it had already been taken away from me.

Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while

He was a man built to yearn for what he could not have.

Of course, she didn't care about me. She mostly made fun of me. But that just made me love her even more. She was out of my league, and even though I was only twelve, I knew that I'd be one of those guys who always fell in love with the unreachable, ungettable, and uninterested.

I have found my star. She is beauty and grace. Elegance and goodness. My laughter in winter. She is courageous and strong. Bold and tempting. Unlike any other in all the universe, and I cannot touch her. I dare not even try. Astrid or Aphrodite, she is my Circe. Only instead of changing a man into an animal she has made the animal human. I am such a fucking idiot, wanting a star I can't have. But then, all stars are beyond human reach and I'm not even human. (Zarek)

Megeara wants to find it. (Arik) And people in hell want ice water. The entire history of mankind is written by people wanting something they can't have. (Kat)

In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be.

It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.

I always adored Cary Grant. I was fascinated by him. But I could never get too close to him.

Finding a picture of me without makeup is like trying to get the last Gucci bag at Neiman Marcus: not gonna happen.

Unrequited love is bad, but unrequitable love can really get you down.

She cannot return your love. She does not live in our world. She does not even live in the world of animals. She lives on a different star, absolutely alone.