Quotes About Obsession

Ferris was infected with the most virulent form of that weird malady as "dog-showitis." At first he had been tempted solely by the hope of winning the hundred-dollar prize. But latterly the urge of victory had gotten into his blood. And he yearned, too, to let the world see what a marvelous dog was his.

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject the form is always in proportion to the obsession.

L'innamoramento è una catastrofe esistenziale che ci coinvolge in maniera radicale anche se del tutto oscura.

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.

Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors

But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?

Porque nadie tiene más sed de tierra, de sangre y de sexualidad feroz que estas criaturas que habitan los fríos espejos.

Remember it . Remember that I must want it badly. Remember that this is the only thing left to want, in this world wide and deep.

devouring myself and panicking

But you I want to look at until your face fades from my fear, like a bird stepping away from the sharp edges of night. — Alejandra Pizarnik, trans. by Yvette Siegert, from "Paths of the Mirror," Extracting the Stone of Madness (New Directions; Bilingual edition, May 17, 2016)

I drank to see him again at the bottom of your wine

All night I run from someone. I lead the chase. I lead the fugue.

Toda yo bajo las reminiscencias de tus ojos Quiero destruir la picazón de tus pestañas Quiero rehuir la inquietud de tus labios Por qué tu vision fantasmagórica redondea los cálices de estas horas?

But you I want to look at until your face fades from my fear, like a bird stepping away from the sharp edges of night. — Alejandra Pizarnik, trans. by Yvette Siegert, from Extracting the Stone of Madness: "Paths of the Mirror

Your eyes blind everything, even the night, your name written inside me.

Tal vez si prohibieran la literatura como la cocaína, la gente por puro morbo, buscaría meterse un par de líneas.

As so many deaf people, he passionately loved opera

quando hanno nel cuore uno scapestrato (ed è lì che inclinano sempre), non se lo staccan più.

Adventure is the vice of all Woodcutters.

A luxury once tasted becomes a necessity.

killed Mason and four of his men along the way. Salome had barely contained the aftermath. She knew Wells would keep coming. But did he know who she was? That Duberman was behind her? She'd spoken to

I don't really watch my own old films, unlike Ronald Reagan, who sat in the White House and reran Knute Rockne — All American [1940] again and again. That way madness lies — though I must say, of my own films ...

I have yet to encounter anyone who has achieved massive success without closing themselves off from the demands of others or forgoing pastimes. I'm not suggesting that being completely obsessed with a pursuit leads to a healthy lifestyle or eternal happiness, but I just cannot imagine how, if you aspire to be better than everyone else, you can have balance in your life.

What are you, in love with her?" Travis says. "You're staring like an idiot." The weird thing is, I think I am.