Quotes About Desire

There is M. Geborand purchasing paradise for a sou.

Lavorava per vivere; poi, sempre per vivere, poiché anche il cuore ha fame, amò.

Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in all things write the word finis in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent, draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand.

I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention of I know not whom. It lasts no time at all, and is worth nothing. One breaks one's neck in living. Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. Happiness is an antique reliquary painted on one side only. Ecclesiastes says: 'All is vanity.' I agree with that good man, who never existed, perhaps.

S'il avait eu le Pérou dans sa poche, certainement il l'eût donné à la danseuse ; mais Gringoire n'avait pas le Pérou, et d'ailleurs l'Amérique n'était pas encore découverte.

Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary or accidental, eternal or transitory, permitted or prohibited: she loved

To love, or to have loved,—this suffices. Demand nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in the shadowy folds of life. To love is a fulfilment

To love or have loved is enough. Don't ask for anything more. There is no other pearl to be found in the shadowy folds of life. To love is an achievement.

A person may not want any more of his cake; but that is no reason for giving it away.

We are drawn to what we lack. No one loves daylight more than a blind man.

Cuando le ocurría alguna vez, porque, ¿a quién no le ocurre? Decir: -¡Oh. si fuese rico!- no lo decía nunca echando el lente a una joven bonita, como el señor Guillenormand, sino contemplando un libro.

Does not this comprehend all, in fact? and what is there left to desire beyond it? A little garden in which to walk, and immensity in which to dream. At

Love is life, if it is not death.

hasret; özlenenden uzak m? kalmakt?r? özlenen yak?ndayken hicran duyulamaz m??

Kad ne bi niko volio, sunce bi se ugasilo.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further, There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

The claw, that's the beast that enters your flesh; the sucker, that's you yourself who enters into the beast. (...) Beyond the terror of being eaten alive is the ineffability of being drunk alive.

Ako ima ne?eg bolnijeg od tijela koje umire bez hljeba, to je duša koja umire jer je gladna svjetlosti.

Amare o aver amato basta: non chiedete nulla in seguito, perché non si possono trovare altre perle fra le pieghe tenebrose della vita.

If he had had Peru in his pocket he would certainly have given it to the dancer, but Gringoire had no Peru there, and, besides, America was not yet discovered.

Qu'est-ce que ton baiser? — Un lèchement de flamme

A iubi sau a fi iubit, ajunge. Nu mai cereÈ›i nimic. Nici un alt m?rg?ritar nu mai e de g?sit în cutele întunecate ale vieÈ›ii. Iubirea este o împlinire.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark fols of life.

The man who is not loved soars like a vulture over the mistresses of other men;