Quotes About Possession

I have gone out, a possessed witch, haunting the black air, braver at night; dreaming evil, I have done my hitch over the plain houses, light by light: lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind. A woman like that is not a woman, quite. I have been her kind.

He squeezed Steve's shoulder possessively. "Oh, Zero. He is not you, I must admit. He does not have your bravery, your nobility, your je ne sais quoi, and all he talks about is this magical place called 'Canada'.

Someone who thinks of possessing a fountain made of a winged baby with water shooting out of its mouth must not have too many troubles.

Tugs used to think that everyone's name was in the dictionary, and when she had realized it was only hers, both Tugs and Button, she felt suddenly fond and possessive of it, as if this book were put here for her guidance alone.

ese nombre que es más que deseo, que se ha convertido ya en posesión a fuerza de haberlo repetido mil veces.

Moi, je suis l'écrivain, la pute, l'étrangère, la femme libre aussi. Je ne suis pas le « bien » qu'on possède et qu'on exhibe, qui console. Je ne sais pas consoler.

I understand this desire to shower gifts on a person we love to demonstrate possession, while knowing that it does nothing to bind him to us, but only makes him proud and heightens his narcissism. That works against the giver, who is short on narcissism. Well, anyway, I love him with all my emptiness.

A man, fallen on hard times, sold his art collection but kept his wine cellar. When asked why he did not sell his wine, he said, ìA man can live without art, but not without culture.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

I have a very promiscuous relationship with all my objects.

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Property is a nuisance.

The right of absolute and irresponsible dominion is the right of property, and the right of property is the right of absolute, irresponsible dominion. The two are identical; the one necessarily implying the other.

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons.

The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.

Respect isn't enough. You've got to have a proprietary interest.

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

People are more naturally protective of what they create than of what they consume.

My Writers Guild of America card is one of my proudest possessions. I was given it after being invited to write the script for a film of my last novel, 'Me Before You,' which is being made by MGM. Whenever I look at it, I think, 'I'm a Hollywood writer!'

Agaue was foaming at the mouth; her rolling eyes Were wild; she was not in her right mind, but possessed

We must go quickly before my sister gets back. Which are you ashamed of, her or me? I'm ashamed of myself, said Sebastian gravely. I'm not going to have you get mixed up with my family. They're so madly charming. All my life they've been taking thongs from me. If they once got hold of you with your charm, they'd make you their friend not mine, and I won't let them.

Oh, my darling, why is it that love makes me hate the world? It's supposed to have quite the opposite effect. I feel as though all mankind, and God, too, were in a conspiracy against us." "They are, they are." "But we've got our happiness in spite of them; here and now, we've taken possession of it. They can't hurt us, can they?" "Not tonight; not now.

You are mine-you know you're mine! he cried wildly...the moonlight twisted in through the vines and listened...the fireflies hung upon their whispers as if to win his glance from the glory of their eyes.