Quotes About Desire

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.

I never wanted someone as badly as I want you.

Why do I love you? Because you are and always have been my dream.

I think it a glorious thing to have the hope of living with you, because I love you.

"When all my dreams come true, the one I want next to me – it's you."

The extreme form of passionate love is secret love.

The ability to learn, the means of learning, the tools of learning, are abundant and infinite. It's the desire that's incredibly scarce.

You only lose what you cling to.

However much you wanted someone to want you, there was nothing you could do to make it happen. Whatever you did for them, whatever you gave them, whatever you let them take, it could never be enough. Never enough to be sure. Never enough to satisfy them. Never enough to stop them walking away. Never enough to make them love you.

If you want something, don't wish for it. Life is too short to wait.

I don't want to earn my living; I want to live.

A loveless world is a dead world, and always there comes an hour when one is weary of prisons, of one's work, and of devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.

Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.

There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you.

I don't think I've had love at first sight. But, I've definitely had moments where I've seen a person, and I'm like, 'Wow, there is something different about you, and I really want to get to know you.'

Love becomes logically true when lost but still sought from the same source.

Missing someone and not being able to see them is the worst feeling ever.

"Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless."

What I really want to do with my life — what I want to do for a living — is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it.

I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly.

You make me feel like a firefly. Trapped in a belljar; starved for love.

I spent my days waiting for you, searching the crowds for your face. I stopped breathing the moment you recognized me, as you captured my soul with your gaze.

I can't wait to see you again, even if just for a few moments… my heart skips a beat and I get a silly smile that takes over my face… maybe some day you will feel the same way too…

Self-love seems so often unrequited.