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Wants Quotes (page 341)

[to Jesus] You did not come down from the cross when they shouted to you, mocking and reviling you: "Come down from the cross and we will believe that it is you." You did not come down because, again, you did not want to enslave man by a miracle and thirsted for faith that is free, not miraculous...I swear, man is created weaker and baser than you thought him! How, how can he ever accomplish the same things as you? ...Respecting him less, you would have demanded less of him, and that would... Fyodor Dostoevsky
George Eliot quote: "In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are..."
In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures. George Eliot
Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn to God when everything is going well for us. We 'have all we want' is a terrible saying when 'all' does not include God. We find God an interruption. C. S. Lewis
I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true that nature was strangely inconsistent in giving me a warm heart, but also a face that was like a stone mask and a tongue that was heavy and slow. She refused me what she bestowed freely on even the most loutish of my fellow men. . . . People judged my inner character by my outer covering, and like a sterile fruit, I withered under the rough husk I couldn't... George Sand
We all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place. The thoroughly well-informed man - that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value. Oscar Wilde
Man’s wants remain unsatisfied till death. Then, when his soul is naked, is he one With the man in the wind, and the west moon, With the harmonious thunder of the sun Dylan Thomas
Paulo Coelho quote: "When you really want something, the universe always conspires..."
When you really want something, the universe always conspires in your favor. Paulo Coelho
Jack Kerouac quote: "If you dont [sic] say what you want, what's the sense of writing?"
If you dont [sic] say what you want, what's the sense of writing? Jack Kerouac
Bret Easton Ellis quote: "I want to take you away from this," I say, motioning around..."
I want to take you away from this," I say, motioning around the kitchen, spastic. "From sushi and elves and... STUFF. Bret Easton Ellis
Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare... Anne Lamott
Janet Evanovich quote: "If God had wanted me to lose weight he would have made sure..."
If God had wanted me to lose weight he would have made sure there was creamed spinach for dessert. Janet Evanovich
In case you guys didn't catch last week's episode, I'm out of the flock," I informed them. "Angel has no allegiance to me. She's wanted me gone for a long time. And in case you didn't catch all the episodes from the past year, Angel is... unbalanced."Untrustworthy," Fang seconded."Unpredictable," Jeb added."Dangerous," Dylan chimed in. James Patterson
You say that like I have a choice. These are the ideas that come to me. These are the ideas that have always come to me. If it can bleed me, eat me, or fuck me, I want to write about it. -L. K. on why she writes about sex and monsters in 'Flirt' Afterword Laurell K. Hamilton
When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a toddler. What I wanted to say to you, but didn't, was this: Don't use me as your model. I'm the last person you should look up to. Jodi Picoult
After Gary had given the enlargements their sour baths, he raised the lights and discovered that both prints were webbed over with peculiar yellow blotches. He cursed a little, not so much because he cared about the prints as because he wanted to preserve his good spirits, his serotonin-rich mood, and to do this he needed... cooperation from the world of objects. Jonathan Franzen

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