Quotes About Desire

I was mistaking the fierce, impossible desire of not wanting to be myself for the sexual desire of a man of the world, for the desire that arises from his being himself.

He was like a husband so jealous that he insists his wife have the very dreams he has.

Habit is a horrible thing. I repeated the kiss for which I had so repented.

I dream of a moment when, without my asking, my actions will betray completely this part of me that asks for nothing

My conscience was pricked by the happiness of being loved. Or perhaps I was craving some still more decisive unhappiness.

to love is both to seek and to be sought

I had a presentiment then that there is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain. Looking up at that dirty youth, I was choked by desire, thinking, 'I want to change into him', thinking, 'I want to be him'.

I was one of those savage marauders who, not knowing how to express their love, mistakenly kill the person they love.

Is it a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.

En el momento en que un león cautivo se escapa de la jaula, posee un mundo más amplio que el que sólo ha conocido la selva". Sed de amor

Soggiacevo a quello struggimento, ormai ben attecchito in me, di voler nutrire realmente i sentimenti che mi venivano attribuiti.

Procurar placer a una mujer es exponerte a cien sinsabores sin un solo beneficio.

as long as conscious desire is at work, it will permit distinctions to exist. But if one can suppress it, these distinctions dissolve and one can be as content with a skull as with anything else.

It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious.

Quello ch'io avrei voluto era morire in mezzo a estranei, sotto un cielo sgombro di nuvole. E nondimeno il mio desiderio differiva dai sentimenti dell'antico greco che ambiva morire nel Sole brillante. Quello ch'io avrei voluto era un suicidio natural, spontaneo; una morte simile a quella del volpacchiotto, non ancora ben pratico di astuzie, che va errando sbadatamente su un viottolo montano ed è colpito dal cacciatore a causa della sua stupidità.

Then I noticed the pack of cigarettes in my other pocket. I took one out and started smoking. I felt like a man who settles down for a smoke after finishing a job of work. I wanted to live.

How alike were the voices of pleasure and death!

I somehow looked forward to death impatiently, with a sweet expectation.

Somehow the habit of eating had never appeared so ridiculous to me, and I rubbed my eyes. Presently I realized that my point of view came from having completely lost the desire to live.

WE NEED TO FALL IN LOVE, PAL—FORGET WOMEN. WHO NEEDS THEM?—DON'T NEVER FORGET YOUR DREAM—GOT A BLACK SCAR ON MY BLUE BLUE HEART . . .

Tú eres un verdadero hombre, ¿por qué los hombres no poseen tu elegancia y dignidad? Cualquier hombre, por fascinante que pueda ser, acaba convirtiéndose en ridículo a causa de su deseo sexual.

Sim, ele dormia, acordava, e as vezes, até fazia suas refeições ali dentro. Nesse estranho quarto sem janelas, esse quarto onde os ventos jamais sopravam e as árvores jamais rumorejavam, um quarto com ares de caixão, a tumba onde ele foi enterrado vivo. Ele escolhera viver em um caixão mesmo antes de ter sido assassinado. Um quarto de prazeres e de morte, envolto no perfume duradouro de mulher e o odor de seu próprio corpo.

For Ryuji the kiss was death, the very death in love he always dreamed of.

Why, why?" he thought, gritting his teeth. "Why are people not allowed to do what is most beautiful, when ugly, shoddy acts, acts for the sake of gain, are all freely allowed?