Quotes About Desire

Fishwives. Fishwidows. And we all set out to be mermaids.

There was something aggressive in her that always went too far. She had thrown a marcasite egg at her lover's window once, a green egg she particularly valued. She had stayed in this house too long. She had fucked the Director. She had let her breasts hang out before Homer. She had gone too far. No doubt if she had children she would neglect them.

You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.

I'd rather eat nothing than eat a carrot.

Azért még él a szívemben valami reménység. De ha ez is csak áltatásnak bizonyulna, pusztuljon ki még a gyökere is, és pusztuljak el vele együtt én is.

Ezerszer jobban szeretlek, mint az életemet, ezerszer jobban, mint magam is képzelem.

Lehet, hogy valaha szebb n?re bukkansz nálam – bár hajdan azt hajtogattad, én se vagyok éppen rút! –, de senki szívében nem találsz majd akkora szenvedélyt, mint az enyémben. Azt hiszed, számít más? Semmi, csak ez.

Nem vágytam én arra, hogy tájékoztass a valóságról.

Mért nem lehetek én is szüntelenül teveled?

Ó, mit tudom én, mi van velem, mit csinálok, mit óhajt a szívem, ezer különféle indulat tépi szerteszét!

Tão deslumbrada fiquei com os teus cuidados, que bem ingrata seria se não te quisesse com desvario.

Nem tagadom, amíg boldogított szerelmed, lélegzet-elállító gyönyör?ség jutott osztályrészemül, de most sosem ismert kínokkal fizetek meg értük, s ami hömpölyg? indulatot csak felkorbácsoltál szívemben, az mind túlcsap minden ismert mértéken és határon.

Human life – an Everest that all sorts of thoughts and desires are trying to climb.

Missing is the cry, the necessity for more than you are.

What's Ixion? she'd asked him. He'd laid his face close to hers, whispering so their parents couldn't hear. Imagine a place where there are no Elders. No rules. No punishment. Only music and laughter and freedom. That's Ixion, Ret. That's me. Soon after,

But don't give me, if I can't have the dress, a trip to Greenland, or grim trip to the moon. The moon should come here. Let him make the trip down, spread on my dark floor some dim marvel, and if a success that I stoop to pick up and wear, I could ask nothing more.

un corazón que ama desordenadamente las cosas de la tierra está como sujeto por una cadena, o por un "hilillo sutil", que le impide volar a Dios»

You can't change skin, can't fix tongues, can't brighten eyes, but power is for the taking. Steal it, lie for it, kill if you have to. You can win the girl with the interesting eyes. Looking

So what is the moral of this story? The answer out of Cajamarca is: Do what you can. You can't change skin, can't fix tongues, can't brighten eyes, but power is for the taking. Steal it, lie for it, kill if you have to. You can win the girl with the interesting eyes. Looking

There is nothing in the world so enticing as that which you have been told you may not have.

But my desire for knowledge was stronger than my religious sensibilities, which after all were more a matter of unthinking habit than real conviction.

No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness.

Does one love a statue?" she demanded. "Shall I caress a picture? Shall I rain tears or kisses over the mere semblance of a life that does not live, shall I fondle hands that never return my clasp? Love! Love is in my heart -yes! like a shut-up fire in a tomb,but you hold the key, and the flame dies for want of air.

If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?