Desire Quotes by William Sharp

The gray silence, the gray waves, the gray wastes of the sea.

— William Sharp

In the beginning, said a Persian poet Allah took a rose, a lily, a dove, a serpent, a little honey, a Dead Sea apple,…

— William Sharp

“O never a green leaf whispers, where the green-gold branches swing: O never a song I hear now, where one was wont to sing.…

— William Sharp

The desire of love, Joy:The desire of life, Peace:The desire of the soul, Heaven:The desire of God ... a flame-white secret forever.

— William Sharp

Go to the winter woods: listen there, look, watch, and "the dead months" will give you a subtler secret than any you have yet…

— William Sharp

The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again.

— William Sharp