--- title: "4 Wendy Farley Quotes - Famous Theologian" description: "Wendy Farley has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-wendy-farley-70606.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Wendy Farley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-wendy-farley-70606.jpg) # Wendy Farley (1957) Theologian **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Wendy Farley is a theologian. ## Quick Facts About Wendy Farley Born November 30, 1957 Profession Theologian ## Quotes by Wendy Farley > [Desire is this absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility. Ever optimistic, ever resourceful, desire tells us what it sees as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/desire-is-this-absurdity-that-holds-open-the-infinity-of-possibility/) [Wendy Farley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-farley/) [Absurdity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/wendy-farley-70606_absurdity_desire-is-this-absurdity-that-holds-open_36614.jpg) > [Desire is the absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/desire-is-the-absurdity-that-holds-open-the-infinity-of-possibility/) [Wendy Farley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-farley/) [Absurdity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/wendy-farley-70606_absurdity_desire-is-the-absurdity-that-holds-open_1104248.jpg) > [Desire is insatiable not because the goods of the world are too few, too uniform, or too bland. Desire burns through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/desire-is-insatiable-not-because-the-goods-of-the-world-are-too-few/) [Wendy Farley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-farley/) [And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/wendy-farley-70606_and-love_desire-is-insatiable-not-because-the-goo_1874601.jpg) > [It is easy for desire to be caught like a bird in a net, its wings fouled and twisted, no longer free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-farley/it-is-easy-for-desire-to-be-caught-like-a-bird-in-a-net-its-wings/) [Wendy Farley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-farley/) [Back and forth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back-and-forth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/wendy-farley-70606_back-and-forth_it-is-easy-for-desire-to-be-caught-like_2668860.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-farley/#itemlist", "name": "Wendy Farley Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Desire is this absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility. 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