3,482 Quotes About Desire

Love, the exotic bird, came and went.Heart forgot love.Joy, the majestic willow, wept and died.Mind forgot joy.Hope, the basement lamp, fell and broke.Soul forgot hope.Self, the anxious caterpillar, took flight and dropped.Self forgot self.You, my all, became all my reasons.Reasons left.You left.I never forgot.

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

Sometimes the best things for us aren't necessarily the things we want.

Desire persuades us that if only we have a pleasant breath or if only we have that spacious feeling we had earlier, then we would be happy. But desire is insatiable. As soon as we get the object or experience we have been longing for, we move on to another desire, because the more we pursue desire, the more desire we experience.

It is the nature of human beings to want, to desire.

The desires you aspire to need strong chains of intent.

I want you. And I usually get what I want. I had to wait too long to have you already.

You keep looking at me like that and we won't make it through dinner. I'll take you right there on that counter. No doubt you'd taste better.

I’m thinking we should test your theory…see if my voice really is all you need.