Quotes About Desire

I had thousands of books in my house and never found anything I wanted to read. I would stare at the shelves of books like a hungry person staring into an open refrigerator and wait for something to speak to me. But nothing ever spoke.

We weren't monogamous out of obligation. We were monogamous because we wanted each other more than anyone else. We were monogamous because no one else could compare.

I'd developed a kind of resentment of people who were attractive and looked like they had sex and maybe even enjoyed life.

So the guru goes up to the hot dog guy. Hot dog guy says, 'What can I get you?' "And the guru says, 'Make me one. With everything.'

Abel wanted to know all about flesh and how it responded to skin, tongue, velvet, fur, lips. His enthusiasm was contagious. I'd been a good-enough lover before, but Abel inspired my curiosity and my lust. Sex wasn't just better than I'd ever known it could be; it was more interesting. There were tools to explore, sensations to try, tastes and textures to experiment with, states of consciousness to achieve or discard.

Because we'd all been handed heaven on a silver platter, and instead we'd kicked it away and asked for hell.

I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I want.

I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I lie motionless, savoring the feeling of her body against mine. I'm afraid to breathe in case I break the spell.

Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.

Afterward she lies nestled against me, her hair tickling my face. I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.

I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

He was pleading with her, his eyes anxious, and she found herself responding against all her deeper instincts.

The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.

It hung between grief and yearning, and it welled from a deep ache for something that Pax could never divine.

Fue entonces cuando supe lo que eran los celos: un ardor en el cuerpo, una piedra en la garganta, una mordida en el estómago, la sensación de que estás en el límite y no puedes más.

Se puede desear algo que no se sabe qué es, añorar una felicidad que quién sabe si exista, sentir nostalgia por lo desconocido?

El amor es una gangrena del alma.

Dije que los libros transtornan, especialmente a las mujeres, y conté de la madre de Susana que leyó unas cuantas páginas en su vida pero eso bastó para que lo abandonara todo, de Susana que siempre soñó con escribir aunque fuera sólo uno, de mi madre que me crió obedeciendo al pie de la letra las instrucciones de varios, de mí que partí a un país lejano y desconocido en busca de lo que ellos ofrecen y de mi hija que ni los mira.

be careful what you wish for. Because you might get exactly what you want.

Aria smiled shyly. "How long are you staying?" "How long do you want me to stay?" Forever, Aria wanted to say.

But he would spare the waitress—he had a new victim lined up. A girl who'd rejected him even though he was perfect for her. A girl he'd gotten to know quite well, inside and out. A girl who wanted someone else, someone undeserving of her love. Aerin Kelly, that cruel, icy bitch. Hell, maybe he'd go after her new little boyfriend, too. He couldn't wait.

Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.

I had never really understood what an adventure life could be, if you followed your heart and did what you really wanted to do, which is what we must all do in the end.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.