#obsession

Kiss me twice, I am schizophrenic .. Kiss me ten times, I am obsessive! ↗

— أحمد عمارة

#kiss #laugh #love #obsession #schizophrenia

A true artist removes his heart willingly, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it back—bruised and aching—as he continues to strive for excellence due to the all-consuming obsession and love for his art. ↗

— H.G. Mewis

#constructive-criticism #h-g-mewis #heart #love #obsession

I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I want. ↗

— Sara Gruen

#obsession #want #walking

I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#obsession #slavery #kill

This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#perfect

All right, you caught me. I'm secretly obsessed with you and spend all my free time writing about you in my journal. 'Dear Diary, today Will was an ass for the 467th day in a row. He's so dreamy ↗

— Elizabeth Scott

#obsession

You fueled my obession, even encouraged it and your selfishness ruined my life ↗

— Novala Takemoto

#life

What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural loving and longings, I so keep pushing, and crowding, and jamming myself on all the time; recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? ↗

— Herman Melville

#obsessed #obsession #love

My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end. ↗

— John Barton

#completely #end #happen #hard #hold

All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#on-writing #stories #storytelling #writing #beauty