Wanting Quotes

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Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die. — Philip Pullman
Any guy, even imaginary, would just feel like second best. Second best to what? I don't even have an image of the perfect boyfriend. I… — Tabitha Suzuma
Comparing what we're looking for misses the point. It's wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we're going out the way we came in.… — Tom Stoppard
I am always amazed that so many people are concerned with wanting to be what they are not;What is the point of making yourself look… — Paulo Coelho
Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. Theyâ€™re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched… — Lauren DeStefano
I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've… — David Levithan
I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second… — Jamie Ford
I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere along the way,… — Jodi Picoult
I wake up wating you. I fall asleep wanting you. I watch a magnificent sunrise and can think only of sharing it with you. I… — Karen Marie Moning
Each day brought just another minute of the things they could not leave behind. Jane Barrington sitting on the train coming back to Leningrad from… — Paullina Simons
She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give. — Edna O'Brien
A lack of desire is something I've never experienced. I'd have to be on my deathbed before I stopped wanting-- no, never mind, I was… — Lisa Kleypas
She'd stood by that creed. No softness, because the world wasn't soft; lots of laughter, because if you were in on the joke, the joke… — Connie Brockway
In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy. In always wanting perfection, you become angry. In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
But anyone can begin. It was the part with all the promise, the potential, the things I loved. More and more, though, I was finding… — Sarah Dessen
Gently, I ran my hand across his chest, exploring it. My breath felt tight in my throat. He was so beautiful. His muscles were toned,… — L.A. Weatherly
I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not… — Ellen Hopkins
I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. — David Levithan
I want you." Feeling the grip of his hand in mine, the brush of skin on mine, seeing the way he moved in front of… — Maggie Stiefvater
We found ourselves wanting to hurry time along, which was not in the long run good for our health. Everybody was trapped in this contradiction… — Joshua Ferris

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