Wanting Quotes
1660 quotes by 1258 authors
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You are the untold story. You are the impassioned truth wanting to scream its existence, to be forever trapped by a strong hand clapped firmly…
— Henry Rollins
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There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and his worshipper. There are no secrets, no glossed-over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned,…
— Ilona Andrews
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It is true that I had wanted to die , but that is peculiarly different from regretting having been born. Overwhelmingly, I was enormously glad…
— Kay Redfield Jamison
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Nor is there wanting in the press Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in it nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth. The tale of…
— Robert Frost
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Does it ever stop? The wanting you?" "Even when I've just left ye. I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers…
— Diana Gabaldon
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I gave you sympathy. *I* want sympathy!" "Are you kidding me? You have the sexiest man on the planet wanting you. You're getting laid regularly.…
— Jill Shalvis
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I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder…
— Holly Black
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Here's to new beginnings," Stuart says and raises his bourbon. I nod, sort of wanting to tell him that all beginnings are new.
— Kathryn Stockett
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Was Deirdre right about me purposely wanting relationships that were impossible?
— Richelle Mead
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That's right. You'll like Owl. He flew past a day or two ago and noticed me. He didn't actually say anything, mind you, but he…
— A A Milne
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Only in love can I find you, my God. In love the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new air…
— Karl Rahner
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He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off. But all these…
— Cassandra Clare
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You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still…
— Barbara Delinsky
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And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something…
— Ilona Andrews
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I shall do one thing in this life-one thing certain-this is, love you, and long of you, and keep wanting you till I die.
— Thomas Hardy
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The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's…
— Cressida Cowell
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Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.
— Beverly Lewis
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But I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting…
— Alexandra Potter
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Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a…
— Pseudonymous Bosch
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