3,482 Quotes About Desire

He knows her like man knows earth, touching the surface but unaware of her depth.

How discouraging to watch your friends enjoying something you are too afraid to try. Do not underestimate such discouragement. It can be just as present in adulthood as you see friends taking on careers, travel, moves, and relationships that you would fear. Yet deep inside you also know you have the same or more talent, desire, and potential.

We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate.

to succeed at anything, you must want it very much. Desire must be in evidence in order to attract

Lovers. Not a soft word, as people thought, but cruel and tearing.

Darkness isn't everwhere...it's in our minds.

Domestic Eroticism is wrapped in a veil of appropriateness

Why do we place so much weight on being desired? Desire requires the least of our primal abilities. Think of the ebb and flow of all the things we desire. I want to be respected, appreciated, understood, and valued. That requires depth. That requires perspective. That requires conscious engagement. That requires strength.

Desire is a great virtue, but expectation is an even greater vice.