“I’m a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time.”— Thom Yorke, citizeninsane.eu
“To live in this world wisely, we need to release unhealthy desire and learn to hold healthy desire lightly.”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com
“We’re being trained through our incarnations–trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.”— Ram Dass, twitter.com
“You really have need of very little, but each of us must decide how much he wants.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“The trouble with setting goals is that you're constantly working towards what you used to want.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“If you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“You were created for sex. God made you just the way you are - with your anatomy, personality, sexuality, and desires - so that one day you could be united with that special someone.”— Sheila Wray Gregoire, amazon.com
“It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com