Quotes About Desire

Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.

Had she been in town, the two of them would have spent most of the day together, and she didn't want that. Then again, deep down, it was exactly what she wanted, leaving her more confused that she'd been in years.

I've wanted to go out with you from the first moment I saw you. I just had to wait until you were ready.

There are lots of real men out there - men who could fall in love with you at the drop of a hat.

But she also sensed it wasn't enough. She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversation in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.

I think of you, I dream of you, I conjure you up when I need you most. This is all I can do, but to me it isn't enough. It will never be enough, this I know; yet what else is there for me to do? If you were here, you would tell me, but I have been cheated of even that. You always knew the proper words to ease the pain I felt. You always knew how to make me feel good inside.

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I don't want to live the rest of my life thinking about you and dreaming of what might have been. Stay with me, Allie.

I saw the way she was looking at you, and I knew that she still loved you. More than that, I know she always will. It breaks my heart, but you know what? I'm still in love with her, and to me that means that I want nothing more than for her to be happy in life. I want that more than anything. It's all I've ever wanted for her.

When I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms.If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart.

life had a way of stamping out that intensity of passion;...love wasn't enough.

And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.

The last thing she'd wanted was anything as complicated as a relationship, for it felt as though there we're though complication in her life already.

Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary.

You've been giving me the full-court press since you got here, and we know what'll happen if I let you through that door. But you're leaving. And when you do, I'll be the one who's hurt afterward. So why start something you have no intention of finishing?" - Lexie

A girl needs to be able to dream, you know ?

You're a good girl and always have been, but deep down, you think there's more to life than always following the rules, and there's a part of you that craves the unknown.

and there had been times when he wished he'd been born into a different family.

Como é que sabes que era amor? Bem, sabe-se que é amor quando tudo o que nos apetece fazer é estar com a outra pessoa, e sabemos mais ou menos que a outra pessoa sente o mesmo.

And some time after midnight on that clear October evening, Noah was overcome with longing. And if anyone had seen him, they would have seen what looked like an old man, someone who'd aged a lifetime in just a couple of hours. Someone bent over in his rocker with his face in his hands and tears in his eyes. He didn't know how to stop them.

Habit and tradition often render change undesirable.

Because he's no better than a spoiled child. You were his toy, and even though he's got new toys, it doesn't mean he wants anyone to play with his old toys.

But growing up hadn't been all cupcakes and parties, and he could remember wishing for a different life.

I held her against me, wishing with all my heart for time to stop, now and forever.