Quotes About Desire

Need and desire have no connection,' I said. 'Many people desire things they do not need. Happiness can be measured by what one does not need, but often to see is to want.

Ma'am, I said, I'd have liked it, having you for a ma.

Barnabas speaks] I will drink water. Water? But water is not fit for men to drink. For the cattle, for birds and beast, but a man needs ale . . . or wine, if you are a Frenchman. [William answers]

when one has possessions he is as often possessed by them as possessing them.

when a man was away from women for months he got to feeling it.

Need and desire have no connection," I said. "Many people desire things they do not need. Happiness can be measured by what one does not need, but often to see is to want.

The idea of love, while always in her mind, had never become quite real to her.

Many people desire things they do not need.

Happiness can be measured by what one does not need, but often to see is to want.

In that I was selfish. I wanted her with me always.

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to the moo—oo—oon, "If only, if only." Stanley

She looked around. There was a bulletin board covered with A papers. She looked from one paper to another and hoped, with all her heart, that she'd see one with Bradley's name on it. She didn't.

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moo—oo—oon, "If only, if only.

empty brown paper sack would taste better. But

And I can get my own phone, said Leslie, with unlimited text messaging! And I can get my car fixed, I said. Or maybe even a new car. Or a new house that already has a swimming pool, said Leslie. And a hot tub, I said. And a game room, and a pool table, said Leslie. And a giant TV with surround sound, and every kind of video game. And, and, and... That's the trouble with money.

If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely

I wish I had no heart, it aches so…

We'll all grow up someday, Meg, we might as well know what we want. ~Amy March~

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…

freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

It does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on the point of breaking loose.

It's bad enough to love someone who don't love you, but to have them told of it is perfectly awful. It makes me wild just to think of it. Ah, Fan, I'm getting so ill tempered and envious and wicked, I don't know what will happen to me. - Polly