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title: "6 Object Desires Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“To want something desperately, to be tested, to feel that life will be impossible if the object of one's desires is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-forbes/to-want-something-desperately-to-be-tested-to-feel-that-life-will-be/)

[Bryan Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-forbes/)

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> [The desire which a man has for a woman is not directed towards her because she is a human being, but because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/the-desire-which-a-man-has-for-a-woman-is-not-directed-towards-her/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-massillon/god-should-be-the-object-of-all-our-desires-the-end-of-all-our/)

[Jean Baptiste Massillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-massillon/)

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> [“She fleetingly wished this handsome stranger could be the object of her desires, instead of his black-hearted companion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-martin/she-fleetingly-wished-this-handsome-stranger-could-be-the-object-of/)

[Kat Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-martin/)

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> [There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..The notion of caring is in large part constructed out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-significant-relationships-of-course-between-wanting-things/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/that-s-how-it-is-with-want-as-long-as-you-lack-something-you-yearn/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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