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Desiring Quotes (page 79)

But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their natural sloth tempting them on the other. They are terrified at the prospect before them, of the toil required to attain exactness. The impetuosity of youth is disgusted at the slow approaches of a regular siege, and desires, from mere impatience of labour, to take the citadel by storm. They wish to find some shorter path to excellence, and hope to obtain... Joshua Reynolds
I have decided to leave Clea’s last letter un-answered. I no longer wish to coerce anyone, to make promises, to think of life in terms of compacts, resolutions, covenants. It will be up to Clea to interpret my silence according to her own needs and desires, to come to me if she has need or not, as the case may be. Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? Lawrence Durrell
I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Corts. Patti Smith
She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the first time she’d ever seen him; she remembered their kiss on the boat dock the night of his sister’s wedding. And she heard again the words she’d said to him on the day they’d said good-bye. She was besieged by a storm of conflicting emotions—desire, regret, longing, fear, grief, love. There was so much to say, yet what could they really begin to say in this awkward... Nicholas Sparks
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire. I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice,...... I think I know enough of hate. To say that for destruction ice. Is also great. And would suffice Stephenie Meyer
Paulo Coelho quote: "Warriors of light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in..."
Warriors of light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn. Paulo Coelho
I intended lilies, said the magician. but in the clutches of a desparate desire to do something extraordinary, I called down a greater magic and inadvertently caused you a profound harm. I will now try to undo what I have done. Kate DiCamillo
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock. Chuck Klosterman
Paul Verlaine quote: "A vast black sleepfalls over my lifesleep, all hopesleep, all..."
A vast black sleepfalls over my lifesleep, all hopesleep, all desire. Paul Verlaine
Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life, in light and in dark, and reflect what they find in their work. Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility. Tom Hiddleston
Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire. W. H. Auden
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "I wished to be loved by another,' [owyn] answered. 'But I..."
I wished to be loved by another,' [owyn] answered. 'But I desire no man's pity. J. R. R. Tolkien
In fireworks are released, all the explosive pyrotechnics of a dream. The inflammable desires, dampened by day under the cold water of consciousness, are ignited at night by the libertarian matches of sleep, and burst forth in showers of shimmering incandescence. These imaginary displays provide a temporary relief. Kenneth Anger
Simone Weil quote: "If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly..."
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. Simone Weil
You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but only the last act of being victim to your own virtue. We'll wait for you and when you come back, you will have discovered that there need never be any conflict among your desires, nor so tragic a clash of values as the one you've borne so well. Ayn Rand

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