Obsessive Quotes

188 quotes by 175 authors

At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of… — Bill Bryson
I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a… — Joan Bauer
Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those Google scanners crouched… — Laurie R. King
Is it love, obsession, infatuation? You don't know. You think of a strange and beautiful word you read about once, Limerance, a psychological term, meaning… — Nikki Gemmell
...hideous psychic fallout they'd all endured both in active marijuana-dependency and then in marijuana-detox: the social isolation, anxious lassitude, and the hyperself-consciousness that then reinforced… — David Foster Wallace
It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your… — Gena Showalter
I just want to write. It's like once I get those obsessive thoughts out of my head, once they're written down, they're somehow set free… — Susane Colasanti
Love" and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion. — Judith McNaught
Spicy food and I have a close relationshipâ€”an obsessive one, in fact. If itâ€™s spicy, I want it. I want to sweat and shake and… — Maureen Johnson
I swayed into him, drawn to his obsessive and insatiable raw need for me, which reflected the depth of my need for him — Sylvia Day
Some crushes just never went away. They built, instead, into something permanent, obsessive and all consuming. — Maya Banks
You donâ€™t choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in loveâ€”that obsessive sort of love, that all-consuming love,… — Jordan Belfort
My work in general involves getting over my fears that are deeply embedded since childhood: Fear of darkness, fear of dangerous activities in general, and… — Miru Kim
The vast literature concerning whistleblowers shows that, far from weird extremists, they are really quite ordinary people: male and female, young and old, junior and… — Margaret Heffernan
I am a bit obsessive about tidiness. I need to make my bed in the morning and leave it perfectly made up. — Kiefer Sutherland
Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students… — Alex Tabarrok
My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down. — Martin Parr
I am an obsessive personality. And if you are an obsessive personality, you need to be aware of it and be able to drive it… — Lapo Elkann
I can be a little obsessive about avoiding colds and flu. Thera Zinc Echinacea lozenges are awesome, and I almost always have some with me. — Unknown Author
I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I… — Lisa Kleypas

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