Quotes About Desire

Janie sat like a lump and waited. It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding. If they made a verdict that she didn't want Tea Cake and wanted him dead, then that was a real sin and a shame. It was worse than murder.

She had found a jewel down inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around.

She couldn't make him look just like any other man to her. He looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom-- a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God.

The will to make life beautiful was strong.

It was moments like this that made me realize that love was just a feeling in which we all felt the need to desire, but if it wasn't reciprocated was it still love then? When it's so toxic but you hold on still, was it an addiction

He loved my availability and my willingness to please him.

Rather than have joy, I would rather be absent of pain.

Do I like being No. 1? Absolutely. Who doesn't?

I would pay good money for a British accent.

I love boys with English accents.

I was never popular. I always kind of wanted to be accepted with the rich kids, with the cool kids, and I never had that.

The world has changed. People have amazing access to whatever they want, whenever they want it.

You never accomplish everything you want to accomplish.

We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.

I've always wanted to act since I was little.

I would love to do an action film.

I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.

I've always wanted to do action movies.

I think I want to produce action movies.

I just know I'm going to be an actress. I want it so bad.

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

No, I always wanted to be an actress.