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title: "5 Called Desire Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“My house was built by a partnership called Desire and Ignorance; they often work together, and always with disastrous consequences. It’s surprising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-parke/my-house-was-built-by-a-partnership-called-desire-and-ignorance-they/)

[Simon Parke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-parke/)

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> [All things are in the intended endpoint, and this mode of being is called will or desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-of-cusa/all-things-are-in-the-intended-endpoint-and-this-mode-of-being-is/)

[Nicholas of Cusa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-of-cusa/)

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> [Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/never-let-go-of-that-fiery-sadness-called-desire/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [“So many girls allow themselves to be bleeding idiots because that's what's expected of them. Dress like a girl. Walk like one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/so-many-girls-allow-themselves-to-be-bleeding-idiots-because-that-s/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/lauren-destefano-892_desire_so-many-girls-allow-themselves-to-be-ble_1418765.jpg)

> [“As he looked at her, she felt that flood of restlessness that she now knew was called desire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelly-thacker/as-he-looked-at-her-she-felt-that-flood-of-restlessness-that-she-now/)

[Shelly Thacker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelly-thacker/)

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