Quotes About Desire

But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion.

The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

expectation isn't the same as desire

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.

Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?

Plot is merely the mechanism by which your character is forced up against her deepest fears and desires.

And out of heart's pain comes heart's peace; and out of desire, accomplishment.

I always had the desire to entertain people, whether it was to make 'em laugh or to scare 'em or stir things up just to cause problems.

Wonder has no opposite; it springs up already doubled in itself, compounded of dread and desire at once, attraction and recoil, producing a thrill, the shudder of pleasure and of fear.

We are disgusted by the things that we desire, and we desire what disgusts us.

To free desire from the tendency to cling, we have to be willing to stumble over ourselves.

There is the refusal of style and the refusal of sentimentalism, there is this desire for clarity.

I wanted to go home and if Hell rose up to stop me, it would make me desire it more.

I certainly felt the desire to reach as many people as I could; I wanted to make the most of this opportunity, sure. But I wouldn't call it pressure the way we're thinking of it now.

What is desire but the hard wire argument given to the mind's unstoppable mouth

A man must earnestly want.

I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.

The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.

When I try to portray to myself my heart's desire, nothing happens.

Sorrow also fulfills Desire. Example: the Soaps.

In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

I am fortunate in that I am motivated to do what I do by just a really goofy desire to do it. Maybe I have demons that are hidden away someplace, and I'll discover mine someday.

What we have not has made us what we are. / ... / What we are not drives us to consummation.