Quotes About Desire

Things forbidden have a secret charm.

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I rise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savour) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or, if there be, they will not let you have it.

Curiosity is a lust of the mind.

Work accomplished means little. It is in the past. What we all want is the glorious and living present.

As we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with Spring rain.

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Dowling Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.

Little tube of mighty pow'r, Charmer of an idle hour, Object of my warm desire.

For thy sake, tobacco, I Would do anything but die.

A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can you want?

Love me without fear Trust me without questioning Need me without demanding Want me without restrictions Accept me without change Desire me without inhibitions For a love so free . . . Will never fly away.

The worst sin-perhaps the only sin- passion can commit is to be joyless.

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

There are few chaste women who are not tired of their trade.

Our visions begin with our desires.

One must desire something to be alive: perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.