#desire

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. ↗

— Albert Camus

#even #insatiable #itself #love #loves

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#desire #hatred #lived #long #malady

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#company #confess #desire #does #having

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#heart #high #how #just #matter

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#desired #first #great #great spirit #had

There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression. ↗

— Amir Butler

#complete #desire #doubt #freedom #however

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

#considered #dance #desire #ever #front

Desire is individual. Happiness is common. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#common #desire #individual

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#life #life is a #meaning #want #you