Quotes About Desire

To have meaning in your life is better than to have what you want, because you may neither know what you want, nor what you truly need.

La tragedia del Ser consciente de sí mismo genera sufrimiento, un sufrimiento inevitable que a su vez causa el deseo de una satisfacción egoísta e inmediata, es decir, el deseo de aquello que resulta conveniente.

There is a high goal, a mountain peak, a star that shines in the darkness, beckoning above the horizon. Its mere existence gives you hope—and that is the meaning without which you cannot live.

have meaning in your life is better than to have what you want, because you may neither know what you want, nor what you truly need. Meaning is something that comes upon you, of its own accord. You can set up the preconditions, you can follow meaning, when it manifests itself, but you cannot simply produce it, as an act of will.

Imagine that you're unhappy. You're not getting what you need. Perversely, this may be because of what you want. You are blind, because of what you desire. Perhaps what you really need is right in front of your eyes, but you cannot see it because of what you are currently aiming for.

Ambition is often—and often purposefully—misidentified with the desire for power,

Girls aren't attracted to boys who are their friends, even though they might like them, whatever that means. They are attracted to boys who win status contests with other boys.

You don't choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in love—that obsessive sort of love, that all-consuming love, where two people can't stand to be apart from each other for even a moment—how are you supposed to let a love like that pass you by?

They were drunk on youth, fueled by greed, and higher than kites.

Money is the oxygen of capitalism and I wanna breathe more than any man alive.

I'll be fast. I can make you come in two minutes." "I can do that myself. I never get to see you anymore- I'd rather talk to you" That had to be the most romantic things anyone had ever said to me, and I went all gooshy inside.

I smelled the cinnamon, and I imagined myself full of white light. I think I felt something. Something more than the desire for a piece of toast—though that was there, too.

Jacob slid down my body and knelt in front of me. The two of us were wedged into the narrow lane between the and the dresser. He took the front button of my shirt into his mouth. I heard a snap. He spat, and a button pinged to the floor. He was nuts. He'd scammed the quarterly mental health exam and was certifiably insane. Not that that's ever stopped me from sleeping with anyone.

really hate threesomes when one of the participants is dead.

we lingered there for just one more moment, and held each other, and savored the feeling of wanting and being wanted. Loving, and being loved.

Did she want me to kiss her? How weird was this going to be? Should it be like a real kiss, with passion and stuff? Or more of an experimental, pecking kind of deal?

My dream car would be a Maserati. That would be amazing.

No te quiero, no te quiero, pero puedes persuadirme.

Los humanos son inestables y siempre ambicionan más de lo que tienen. La evolución y la historia tenían que habernos enseñado eso.

Te haré sentir todos los placeres, pero no puedo hacerte pensar.

Algú va dir una vegada que Déu és aquesta persona que està allà quan vols alguna cosa amb totes les teues forces i no se't concedeix.

Qué más quieren si ya salen de noche, practican el sexo y hacen lo que les da la gana? ¿Por qué además han de destruirse? ¿Es eso libertad?

El amor es lo único a lo que no se puede renunciar, porque está ahí, siempre. Aparece y desaparece a su antojo sin que puedas hacer nada...Las personas buscan el amor lo mismo que las plantas al sol.

Escribir es el orgasmo contínuo