Desperately Quotes

493 Desperately quotes by 419 unique authors

There are still a few men who love desperately. — J D Salinger
That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish. — Suzanne Collins
My mouth has gone dry as sawdust. I desperately find Cinna in the crowd and lock eyes with him. I imagine the words coming from… — Suzanne Collins
Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately… — Jostein Gaarder
What if all I'd ever known was how it had been for the past three years - me being an unwanted outsider in my own… — P. C. Cast
The male's diamond eyes locked on Payne, and though she hadn't seen him in forever, she knew who he was. Sure as if she was… — J R Ward
The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed… — Suzanne Collins
I never stopped loving you. Even when I tried desperately to forget you, I couldn't. — Simone Elkeles
Perhaps in time, Ella, the words we have lost will fade, and we will all stop summoning them by habit, only to stamp them out… — Mark Dunn
The cats at the edge of the clearing were staring up at the sky, their eyes huge with fear. As he looked upward, Fireheart heard… — Erin Hunter
At first, when an idea, a poem, or the desire to write takes hold of you, work is a pleasure, a delight, and your enthusiasm… — Natalie Clifford Barney
She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and… — Suzanne Collins
I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could… — Malorie Blackman
The irony is that while God doesn't need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don't really want Him most of the… — Francis Chan
I'm an equation that only she solves, these X's and Y's by other names called. My way of dividing is desperately flawed as I multiply… — Maggie Stiefvater
The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so… — Carl Sagan
And Grace calls out, 'You are not just a disillusioned old man who may die soon, a middle-aged woman stuck in a job and desperately… — Brennan Manning
I might appear confident and chatty, but I spend most of my time laughing at jokes I don't find funny, saying things I don't really… — Tabitha Suzuma
He snatched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she had… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I still loved Marc desperately and couldn’t imagine life without him. Jace was…something else. Something I could feel but couldn’t articulate. Something I wanted, and… — Rachel Vincent
Faythe…?" The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. "No. No," he whispered through clenched… — Rachel Vincent
It's as if I've inherited a skin I cannot quite fit, and so I walk about constantly pulling and and tugging, pinning and pruning, trying… — Libba Bray
I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are… — Rabih Alameddine
You're getting to be a big boy,' I said desperately, 'it's time you started thinking about your future.' 'I'm thinking about my future,' said Sonny,… — James A. Baldwin
I did things I did not understand for reasons I could not begin to explain just to be in motion, to be trying to do… — Dorothy Allison

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