Quotes About Desire

The sad truth was that he feared he would never marry and have a family of his own. Meg was the only woman since his wild youth that made his blood sing. She was the only woman who made him want to be better, stronger. She was the only woman whose spirit cried out to him. For her sake, no matter how much he suffered, he had to ignore the call.

In short, I don't need a man to take care of me, but I want one. I want you. I want you for my husband and a father for the two children I have and for any that we might have.

Mas me concedam, ó deuses inexistentes e apesar disso cruéis, a consolação de falar uma hora com ela e de poder contemplar aquele rosto redondo de Lua Cheia.

The desire of the moth for the star,Of the night for the morrow,The devotion to something afarFrom the sphere of our sorrow.

Let me set my mournful dittyTo a merry measure;Thou wilt never come for pity,Thou wilt come for pleasure.

The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom

The desire of the moth for the star

I can give not what men call love; But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the heavens reject not: The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?

I had rather not have any more of my hopes and illusions mocked by sad realities.

How long do you mean to be content?

I think one is always in love with something or other

How much longer will man continue to pimp for the gluttony of death, his most insidious, implacable, and eternal foe?

The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?

I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me- who knows how? To thy chamber-window, Sweet!

Kiss me, so long but as a kiss may last!

And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea What are all these kissings worth - If thou kiss not me?

True love, to whom my heart is prey, How dost thou hold me in thy sway, That in each day I find no fault But daily wait for love's assault.

That attraction force which always happens between the reader and the book, i adore it when it takes place <3

Oscar Wilde said that the gods punish us in two ways: first, they don't give us what we want, then, they do. He forgot the third way: we finally see the cost of getting it.

Wanting someone so much that his very presence takes your breath away is one of the most thrilling happenings in life. Not getting him in no way diminishes this.

If you are what you eat, then why aren't you what you desire?" Desire stands in the great no-man's land of human activity: the zone of most conflict, fear, and anxiety. It scares us. We are often asked to hate it—by those who claim to have given it up for "better" things, and who often, hypocritically, haven't.

I had never let myself fantasize about being with someone my own age, because it stopped being a fantasy at that point. It entered the realm of possibility, and that's where you can really get hurt.

David's passion was turned toward Bathshcba, which resulted in an affair.

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.