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Quotes About Desire

Everybody wants something.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want...So then try (to be happy).
~ Elizabeth Scott
I want you to stay. I never want there to be a time when we don't share space.
~ Emma Forrest
He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.
~ Eric Hoffer
I'm interested in genius the way a hungry man is interested in Philadelphia cheesesteaks. I want something. I want a piece of it.
~ Eric Weiner
Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?
~ Ethan Hawke
How I feel is that if I wanted anything I'd take it. That's what I've always thought all my life. But it happens that I want you, and so I just haven't room for any other desires.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
The nagual doesn't give you the ability to get what you want in the tonal.
~ Frederick Lenz
I want you to play me like a cello.
~ Gayle Forman
Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.
~ Gayle Forman
This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want.
~ Genevieve Valentine
Forget what you are supposed to do, do what you want to do.
~ Ginnifer Goodwin
If reality is not what you want it to be, change it.
~ Hannu Rajaniemi
Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something
~ Harlan Coben
I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
~ Holly Black
What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another.
~ Hugo Chavez
There. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll get a scar! That's what you want, isn't it?
~ J. K. Rowling
Tell me what you want, sweetheart … Anything. And I'll do it.
~ J. Lynn
I don't want to sleep alone," she says gently. And I don't force her to. Sarai falls fast asleep curled up next to me in my bed. Right where I want her.
~ J.A. Redmerski
Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the most at that moment.
~ James A. Owen
Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you — and give it to you.
~ James A. Owen
You have to want something or you're finished.
~ Jane Alison
When I was younger, I actually wanted to be in the spotlight. To have people want me, want to have a piece of me.
~ Jane Lynch
Ranger Smiled. 'You want me to be Superman? Spend the night with me.
~ Janet Evanovich