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> [Desire animates the world. It is present in the baby crying for milk, the girl struggling to solve a math problem, the woman running to meet her lover and later deciding to have children, and the old woman, hunched over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/desire-animates-the-world-it-is-present-in-the-baby-crying-for-milk/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

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## Other authors on Nursing home

## More by William Braxton Irvine

> [By contemplating the impermanence of everything in the world, we are forced to recognize that every time we do something could be the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/by-contemplating-the-impermanence-of-everything-in-the-world-we-are/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

> [At spare moments in the day, make it a point to contemplate the loss of whatever you value in life. It can make you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/at-spare-moments-in-the-day-make-it-a-point-to-contemplate-the-loss/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

> [When it comes to desiring, we are all experts. If there were an Olympics of desiring, we would all make the team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/when-it-comes-to-desiring-we-are-all-experts-if-there-were-an/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

> [Desire animates the world. It is present in the baby crying for milk, the girl struggling to solve a math problem, the woman running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/desire-animates-the-world-it-is-present-in-the-baby-crying-for-milk/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

> [You are currently experiencing desire; otherwise, you wouldn't be reading these words. Even if you are reading them at the behest of someone else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/you-are-currently-experiencing-desire-otherwise-you-wouldn-t-be/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

> [At spare moments in the day, make it a point to contemplate the loss of whatever you value in life. Engaging in such contemplation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-braxton-irvine/at-spare-moments-in-the-day-make-it-a-point-to-contemplate-the-loss-2/)

[William Braxton Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-braxton-irvine/)

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