Quotes About Desire

As I rolled over, stretching out, my only thought was to go back to the dream I'd been having, which I couldn't remember, other than that it had been good, in that distant, hopeful way unreal things can be.

If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me.

Once I turned eighteen, I could cut myself off from everyone and finally get what I wanted, which was to be on my own, once and for all. ~Ruby, pg 38

You stop believing in wishes when the only one you want to make can never come true.

What you do in your dreams is never your choice. But it made me happy anyway.

Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control: I wanted to be alone, and she the total opposite. It was weird, really, to have something so contrary in common. But at least it was something.

I was in shock. Funny how the world works. You don't get the something you really covet, but then the universe provides unexpected compensation. Here I thought you had to make a wish for it to come true.

As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him as if struck by a sudden desire to make a sandwich.

Eventually, it wasn't even your dad I wanted, just anybody. Anybody at all.

So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood about I felt.

You know," I said to him. "Pining isn't attractive. On anyone. ... The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

But it was important to simply be sought, even if you didn"t ever want to be found.

So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood how I felt. Now, though, I sometimes wished for more.

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

The words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.

Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.

There are worse addictions than reality TV, chocolate and coffee.

What you do in your dreams is never your choice.

If this was my forever, I didn't want to spend another second of it here.

You can't be together, which is exactly why you want to be.

I want the white one

When you've never gotten love from someone, you dob't know what it might look like if it ever does appear.

You should have seen your face, she said, her breath hot in my ear. Sa-woooon.

She'd wanted so much for me: the moon and more. But maybe, right now, the moon was enough.