Quotes About Desire

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

You knew—who knew not Astrophil?

Spinoza tells us that we do not desire or detest things because we judge them to be good or evil; we judge them good or evil because we desire or detest them.

She wanted a man whose trunk was thick but whose bark was thin, who flowered beautifully, even if only for her.

Para el enamorado, una mujer bella es un objeto de deseo; para el eremita, una distracción; y para el lobo, un buen bocado.

Ceux qui, espérant le bonheur, n'ont soif que de plaisirs, de richesses, de gloire, de pouvoir et d'héroïsme, sont aussi naïfs que l'enfant qui cherche à attraper un arc-en-ciel pour s'en faire un manteau.

Consideremos, por ejemplo, la omnipotencia, pues un creador ha de ser onmipotente: o bien el creador no decide crear, y en ese caso pierde su omnipotencia, pues la creación se hace sin el concurso de su voluntad, o bien crea voluntariamente y ya no es todo poderoso, porque crea bajo la influencia del deseo de crear.

que gustan de verter su sangre, y que están ávidas por devorar su carne.

Every man wants to be happy, but in order to be so he needs first to understand what happiness is. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

He finally understood...the thing that the people during the Paleolitic Age, freaking 20,000 to 8,000 B.C., were after when they came up with mythologies to do with flight—a desire for the magic of the sky, for something bigger than their feet treading the earth.

A lawful kiss is never worth a stolen one.

He touched her and found fire. Tasted her and found life.

Jake Hunter scowling was enough to make a woman drool. Jake Hunter smiling made her want to climb right up all six feet four inches of him and settle in for a long visit.

he's a dead man the minute he falls for Daisy the siren. Gatsby "run[s] faster, stretch[es] out [his] arms farther," until, propelled by all that yearning, he leans too far out toward Daisy's dock, falls into the Sound, and drowns.

When I eat, everything tastes so good I can't get all the taste out of it; when I look at something-say, the lake-the waves are so green and the foam so white that it seems I can't look at it hard enough; there seems to be something there that I can't get at. And even when I'm with you, I can't seem to be with you...enough.

I believe sex is a life force and I try to write about it as straightforwardly as I can. I try to let characters live within their desires and addictions, because most people are works in progress.

Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life.

Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.

Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.

How was she to endure knowing he was in town these next two weeks, without throwing herself into his arms again? She would hide in her home and not come out until the day of the wedding. Yes, that was the only solution.

One day you fall for this boy. And he touches you with his fingers. And he burns holes in your skin with his mouth. And it hurts when you look at him. And it hurts when you don't. And it feels like someone's cut you open with a jagged piece of glass.