Quotes About Desire

They did not kiss. They could not. How can you mercilessly imprison all natural sexual instinct for twenty years and then not expect the prisoner to be racked by sobs when the doors are thrown open?

We could not expect him to see what we are only just beginning--and with so much more knowledge and the lessons of existentialist philosophy at our disposal--to realise ourselves: that the desire to hold and the desire to enjoy are mutually destructive. His statement to himself should have been, I possess this now, therefore I am happy, instead of what it so Victorianly was: I cannot possess this forever, and therefore am sad.

I know what I am to him. A butterfly he has always wanted to catch. I remember (the very first time I met him) G.P. saying that collectors were the worst animals of all. He meant art collectors, of course. I didn't really understand, I thought he was just trying to shock Caroline - and me. But of course, he is right. They're anti-life, anti-art, anti-everything.

This is true of all collecting. It extinguishes the moral instinct. The object finally possesses the possessor.

He won't be happy till he gets it, said Michael, at last: The only thing is, you see, he doesn't know what IT is.

Admiration of beauty and longing for possession are not love.

Ljubav kao njezina — strastvena, koja obožava, koja štiti, koja ?ezne za potpunim podavanjem i žrtvovanjem same sebe, ali koja potajno traži i punu njegovu ljubav — jer kako bi bez toga mogla ljubiti ponosna žena? — takva ljubav ?ezne uvijek za potpunijim sjedinjenjem, nego što je mogu?e u ovom svijetu, gdje se sve mijenja i pokre?e.

Yes,' muttered Jon, 'life's beastly short. One wants to life forever and know everything.' 'And love everybody?' 'No,' cried Jon; 'I only want to love once - you.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

I would love you all the day, every night we would kiss and play, if with me you'd fondly stray, over the hills and far away.

Most men are not only hungry to give love but are starving for it. Their biggest problem is that they do not know what they are missing.

There are basically four kinds of chemistry between dating partners; physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Physical chemistry generates desire. Emotional chemistry generates affection. Mental chemistry creates interest. Spiritual chemistry creates love. A soul mate includes all four.

Where affluence is the rule, the true threat is the loss of desire.(...) What is new is not that prosperity depends on stimulating demand. It is that it cannot continue without inventing new vices.

If you want to G-E-T then you have to A-S-K.

Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.

A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of smell had been much keener, no doubt a side effect of a strict diet. Maybe he got a whiff of Mabel's finest, he wasn't sure, but a craving came over him. Suddenly, he had to have something to eat. Suddenly, he wanted to snatch the bag from Kendall, rip open a package, and start gnawing on a fruitcake.

How often would I have the chance to see a pretty girl bathing? I could recall no specific prohibition from the church or the Scriptures, though I knew it was wrong. But maybe it wasn't terribly sinful.

Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.

I've lost my love for money. It's the curse of the devil.

SUDDEN AFFLUENCE triggers a desire for the better things in life.

I figured you were missing me.

He ordered another glass of rosé, and the second one proved as ineffective as the first.

She looked great in tight jeans and short skirts, she looked great in anything or nothing, really, but for the moment she wanted no one to notice her.

It preyed on human desire and it paid off by sheer terror.