Quotes About Desire

I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion-

As for dreams, they are powered by urgent desire, even if that desire is only to escape the quotidian

Flying is desire fulfilled.

Love is wicked distraction.

Research—and my own experience—suggests that the less we indulge in something, the less we want it. When we believe that a craving will remain unsatisfied, it may diminish; cravings are more provoked by possibility than by denial.

When it comes to fake food, I'm like Samuel Johnson, who remarked, Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult." In other words, I can give something up altogether, but I can't indulge occasionally.

Outer order isn't a matter of having less or having more; it's a matter of wanting what we have.

Boredom can be important. That's when you have to figure out what you want to do.

It's easy to make the mistake of thinking that if you have something you love or there's something you want, you'll be happier with more.

You can choose what you do, but you can't choose what you like to do.

For Moderators, the first bite tastes the best, and then their pleasure gradually drops, and they might even stop eating before they're finished. For Abstainers, however, the desire for each bite is just as strong as for the first bite—or stronger, so they may want seconds, too.

happiness is not having less; happiness is not having more; happiness is wanting what I have.

You can choose what you do; you can't choose what you like to do. You can do anything you want, but you can't do everything you want.

One of the persistent follies of human nature is to imagine true happiness is just out of reach.

Unlike a reward, which must be earned or justified, a "treat" is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it.

is surprising how soon a desire will die of inanition if it be never fed.

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me.… They remind me of one's childhood that one goes through, wondering what the next course is going to be like—and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres.

You can choose what you do; you can't choose what you like to do.

How can I deprive myself of something without feeling deprived? When it comes to habits, feeling deprived is a pernicious state. When we feel deprived, we feel entitled to compensate ourselves—often, in ways that undermine our good habits.

One study estimated that people spend about one-fourth of their waking time resisting some aspect of desire—most commonly, the urge to eat, to sleep, to grab some leisure, and to pursue some kind of sexual urge.

When it comes to fake food, I'm like Samuel Johnson, who remarked, "Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

How slow life is, how violent hope is.

Oui je veux vous aimer mais vous aimer à peine Et mon mal est délicieux

Sometimes I wanna kill, sometimes I wanna die, sometimes I wanna destroy, sometimes I wanna cry; sometimes I could get even, sometimes I could give up, sometimes I could give, sometimes I never give a f*ck.