Quotes About Desire

Late Fragment And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.

There is in the soul a desire for not thinking. For being still. Coupled with this a desire to be strict, yes, and rigorous. But the soul is also a smooth son of a bitch, not always trustworthy. And I forgot that.

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.

A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.

I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.

Most love stories are nocturnal. That's what makes them so fascinating.

Desire creates the power.

No matter what we want of life — we have to give up something in order to get it.

when you constantly expect that which you persistently desire, your ability to attract becomes irresistible. Desire connects you with the thing desired and expectation draws it into your life. This is the Law.

Vouloir c'est pouvoir

Greed and selfishness do seem to be central motivators of mankind.

People don't really want change, especially not if it costs something.

True stories deal with hunger, imaginary ones with love.

Your desire for something due to your half knowledge about it is enough for you to fall into a pit.

My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.

I folded into the mere sound of Tess's voice, dizzying, liquid, and lethal like freebase cocaine shimmering in its heated spoon. It was an electric sensation, not like the safe, smooth feeling of Mom's love, and I chose it outright.

But the problem with me was that as soon as I started thinking about getting it together, I got this mad craving desire to fuck it up.

The newspaper got it all wrong. They should have called me a harlot and a slut, a poseur and a tease, a nubile and naive, a slattern and a sleaze, a vandalist and anarchist, a dirty dilettante with a fatal and fervent disease. Because I was all of those things in the twelve days when there was too much rain and I was burning and I found and lost Justine.

Devi imparare a controllare meglio le tue passioni, tesoro mio, e a custodire gli affanni nel segreto del tuo cuore.

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

I will be in a position where I can afford the Bugatti, but I most certainly won't be buying it.

I've always wanted to do a cabaret.

I used to do cabaret as a kid and always wanted to pick it up again.

I would like to record. I would like to do some cabaret acts.