Wanting Quotes

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The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying 'anywhere but here'. — E E Cummings
Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of… — Alan Bennett
The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows, Are proud and implacable, passionate foes; It is always the same, wherever one goes. And the Pugs and… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. — Albert Camus
That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when I saw a… — Nick Hornby
As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as… — Ursula K. Le Guin
We suffered failures of imagination just like everyone else, our daring was wanting, and our daily contentment too nearly adequate for us to give it… — Joshua Ferris
Only yesterday a young woman came to me wanting a trap set for a man with a sweet smile and lithe arms. She was a… — Patricia A. McKillip
Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking… — Ramana Maharshi
Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is… — Tom Robbins
The only funny part about Colonial Dunsboro is maybe it's too authentic, but for all the wrong reasons. This whole crowd of losers and nutcases… — Chuck Palahniuk
One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it. And how should… — Friedrich Nietzsche
They stared at each other, wanting each other, drawn to each other, but their silent shout of love went unheard in the roar of misunderstanding,… — Jean M. Auel
Society is based on discontent: people wanting more and more and more, being continually dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their decor, their clothes, everything. — Nick Harkaway
And then I feel as if I'm witnessing a miracle, as ever so slowly she raises her face towards the moon. I watch her drink… — Nicholas Sparks
In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have… — Maya Angelou
Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions. — Gustave Flaubert
I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier… — Audre Lorde
I looked at other couples and wondered how they could be so calm about it. They held hands as if they weren't even holding hands.… — Miranda July
A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there is an outward… — Eckhart Tolle

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