Wanting Quotes

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To be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to shed yourself of some of the imperfect mosaic of pieces that made you who you were. She… — Meg Wolitzer
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
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing… — Jeffrey Archer
Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. — Douglas Adams
My thoughts took frantic flight, wanting to escape this prison, and seek out the wind so it could fan my hair and sting my skin,… — Virginia C. Andrews
Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it. — Isobelle Carmody
As I sat down, though, I realized that you can get used to certain luxuries that you start to think they're necessities, but when you… — Jeannette Walls
It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting. — Stephen King
No." Magnus strode toward him. "I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of… — Cassandra Clare
We never cease wanting what we want, whether it's good for us or not. — Stephen King
There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a… — Kate Chopin
He buried his hands in the rich velvet of her hair. â€œI thought Iâ€™d die for wanting you. — Teresa Medeiros
And it seemed hard to believe that these people who were so close to me couldnâ€™t see how desperate I was, or if they could… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
It wasn't about wanting to die or having nothing left to live for; it was about letting go. You live your life doing what you're… — Kelley Armstrong
I waited for a long time and there was nothing but the pain of wanting something I couldn't seem to find. — Megan Hart
July 24, 6:03 A.M. The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a… — Markus Zusak
Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their dÃ©cor, their… — Tana French
I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting the things that everyone wants. — Carolyn Parkhurst
Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way. — Chaim Potok
But, my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incompleted episodes? 'We work in the dark, we do… — Truman Capote

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