“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
“Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”— Thomas Paine, amazon.com
“There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com
“I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.”— Shana Abe, amazon.com
“...you will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.”— Christopher Pike, amazon.com
“I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don’t want.”— Stanley Kubrick, flavorwire.com
“You want everything so much and when you get it it’s over and you don’t give a damn.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space which flees before me.”— Paul Gauguin, amazon.com
“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else’s life would not have been as rich without us here.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, such as happiness.”— Brandon Boyd, youtube.com
“Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.”— Bob Dylan, open.spotify.com
“We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn’t big enough for all that wanting. I don’t know. I don’t know anything.”— John Updike, amazon.com