Quotes About Desire

Todo el mundo tiene sueños que no llegan a cumplirse —respondió ella con un tono suave.

All that she could think was that she needed him. She needed his arms around her, needed him to hold her and whisper that they'd find a way to be together. pg. 383

Tout à coup, j'eus une révélation: voilà ce que je voulais. Je voulais Natalie, et pas juste ce soir, mais pour une vie entière de jours et de nuits comme celle que nous vivions à cet instant.

Throughout my remaining days in New Bern, I wondered what she was doing at any given moment and where she was. I no longer felt complete, as if part of me had been hollowed out, leaving only an aching void. Before Natalie, I used to believe that with love, anything was possible. Now I understand that sometimes love isn't enough.

And we're talking about a girl who's ready to 'Romance the Stone.' She wants to 'Free Willy.' pg. 49

Sapeva che lei avrebbe sempre rappresentato il meglio di lui, la parte che avrebbe sempre anelato a conoscere.

In a notebook she kept in the drawer of her nightstand, she'd compiled a list of more than a hundred places she still wanted to visit . . . noting places that sparked her imagination.

Supongo que todavía anhelo la clase de amor que compartimos aquel verano.

It was tangible and real, close enough to allow me to dream of moving back to North Carolina; on the other hand, it unfortunately made time slow down. Isn't that the way it always is when you really want something?

The heart wants what it wants.

?ây là con ng??i th?t c?a anh, là nh?ng gì anh thích. Trong s? t?t c? nh?ng ng??i anh quen, em là ng??i anh mu?n ???c cùng chia s? nh?ng kho?nh kh?c vui v? này.

I read once that women love mysterious strangers.

I want you to come with me to Zimbabwe.

Jill had three basic statements about life, 1. It is your life, usually with some added social commentary. 2. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things. 3. No one ever said that life was fair.

Hmmm. I want some... uh... pancakes... and some bacon... and pickle

Will you dance for me? Let your breasts roam for a moment -- I need to see how they dance.' 'Okay.' She danced, and as she danced, she tried to think of the most delicious salads she could imagine -- with artichokes and sundried tomato and blue cheese dressing, and beets, lots of beets.

So what he's saying is that the most natural state of being is not a state of being where you're enjoying the thing you're doing, it's when you're hoping for the next thing.

You know the way Jesus rips open his shirt to show us his heart, all flaming and thorny, the way he points to it. I'm afraid the way I'll miss you will be this obvious.

And it isn't that I'm so unhappy I don't want to live anymore. That's not what it feels like. It feels more like I'm tired and bored and the party's gone on too long and I want to go home. I feel flat and there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to, so I'd rather call it a day.

I don't believe in Heaven or anything. But I want to be the kind of person that qualifies for entry anyway.

Between the ages of fourteen and twenty-four, foreplay changes from being something that boys want to do and girls don't, to something that women want and men can't be bothered with. ... The perfect match, if you ask me, is between the Cosmo woman and the fourteen-year old boy.

What really matters is what you like, not what you are like

See, records have helped me to fall in love, no question. I hear something new, with a chord change that melts my guts, and before I know it I'm looking for someone, and before I know it I've found her.

Knowing that you want to die makes you less scared.