“A subtle sport can be derived from constantly fighting temptation while constantly dreaming of somehow, sometime, somewhere, yielding to it.”— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.com
“Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost always leaves a scar.”— Philip Sington, amazon.com
“Texting him immediately diminishes your hotness. As long as you’re not in contact, he has no idea what you’re up to or what you’re thinking. For all he knows, you’re totally over it and haven’t given him a second thought, which makes you more desirable. By reaching out, you immediately kill that ill…”— Halle Kaye, bolde.com
“People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been just another word for darkness. Blind encounters writing sonnets no one can ever read. Desire and pain communicated in the vague language of sex.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“There were people I wanted so much before I had them that the entire experience of having them was grief for my old hunger.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Your desire is your prayer. It comes out of your deepest needs and it reveals the things you want in life.”— Joseph Murphy, amazon.com
“If she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you’d be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her.”— Nora Roberts, amazon.com
“Every action you have done or will do -- including those that are sparked by your subconscious -- is proceeded by desire.”— Rod Stryker, amazon.com
“He's under my skin. He's invaded me like a deadly disease and hijacked my immune system until I don't even bother fighting it anymore. I look at him, and I'm twisted into knots. Tangled into a messy spool of desire and desperation.”— Julie Johnson, amazon.com
“Desire makes life happen. Makes it matter. Makes everything worth it. Desire is life.”— Karen Marie Moning, amazon.com
“I keep seeking other hearts, torn by separation to share my tale of painful longing.”— Rumi, dar-al-masnavi.org
“I just rolled out of bed to call and tell you, that I want you so much more than I did yesterday.”— 8 Bit Stories, facebook.com
“Send her dirty texts. Do it when you’re both at work, or when one of you is home waiting for the other person. Make her feel desired and wanted. Keep the sexual desire burning.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com