Quotes About Desire

People often think there is no way to heal from severe loss. I believe that is not true. You heal when you can remember those who have died with more love than pain, when you find a way to create meaning in your own life in a way that will honor theirs. It requires a decision and a desire to do this, but finding meaning is not extraordinary, it's ordinary. It happens all the time, all over the world.

One of the unfortunate things about greed ... is that, in the end, it will consume itself.

One of the finest quotes I ever overheard on the streets of Miami Beach was, 'He fucked me so hard my mother came.

Don't be so sure that what you want is what you should have.

I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin.

I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.

Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.

I don't want to fall. All I want to do is stand on solid ground.

libidinous , adj . I never understood why anyone would have sex on the floor. Until I was with you and I realized: you don't ever realize you're on the floor.

I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex," or "Let's go to my place," or even "I really want you," I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you.

A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so many other place we could have ended up, but I have to believe none of them would have felt this right. All I want is you is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it.

When I am with you, there is nowhere else I'd rather be. And I am a person who always wants to be somewhere else.

yearning, n. and adj. At the core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.

It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.

I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.

And I find myself saying, "It wasn't really about her." And finding it's true. What do you mean?" Norah asks. It was about the feeling, you know? She caused it in me, but it wasn't about her. It was about my reaction, what I wanted to feel and then convinced myself that I felt, because I wanted it that bad. That illusion. It was love because I created it as love.

This is the trap of having something to live for: Everything else seems lifeless.

I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.

To love--to fall--is not a question. To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions.

candid , adj . Most times, when I'm having sex, I'd rather be reading. This was, I admit, a strange thing to say on a second date. I guess I was just giving you a warning. Most times when I'm reading, you said, I'd rather be having sex.

In my experience, desire is desire, love is love.

So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.

In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. I have never fallen in love with a gender. I have fallen for individuals.

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.