Quote by C.W. Gortner

“Because even though you don't want anyone to own you, it doesn't mean that there is nowhere you belong.”

— Lene Kaaberbol

“Own who you have become, by choice or circumstance, and only then can you concentrate on being who you really want and need to…

— Anoynomous

“She knew in that moment what it felt like to want to own another being, declare them as yours.”

— Laura Wright

“but maybe this was just how character formed: by groping whims we had no choice afterward but to commit to as ourselves.”

— Ben Blum

“He is seized by an unthinking, irresistible call to hunt. To possess. To own her.”

— Georgia Le Carre

“It wasn't that I was tired of life, really - just my own. Other people's lives seemed perfectly worthwhile, and only the logistical difficultly…

— James Lileks

“Men wanted me. They all did, however briefly, but none of them wanted to keep me. That's what I needed. I needed to be…

— Fisher Amelie

“You may not have realized what it meant, but somehow, you made the decision subconsciously... that you wanted to keep me.”

— Shelly Crane

“I could be held back just by being needed. Please try not to need me. That's the worst bait of all to a lonely…

— John Steinbeck

“A person who tries has an advantage over the person who wishes.”

— Utibe Samuel Mbom

“There is no greater fan of fly fishing then the worm.”

— Patrick F. McManus

“Desire was its own reward, and a rarer luxury than you'd think. You could sometimes buy what you wanted; you could never buy wanting…

— Lionel Shriver