Wanting Quotes

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I felt despair. The wordâ€™s overused and banalified now, despair, but itâ€™s a serious word, and Iâ€™m using it seriously. For me it denotes a… — David Foster Wallace
wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness — Cassandra Clare
Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache. — Stephen King
Still sitting, he reached out and pulled me toward him. We stayed there, looking at each other, his hand still wrapped in my shirt hem,… — Kelley Armstrong
Gwynn, she was always talking about wanting to be drunk and honestly I did want to encourage that, I wanted to go to a bar… — Michelle Tea
Can I be blamed for wanting a real body, to put my arms around? Without it I too am disembodied. I can listen to my… — Margaret Atwood
Here we are, a man and a woman, both wanting the same things, and yet, you arenâ€™t attracted to me. — Maya Banks
Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer. — Joseph Sobran
I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Maybe I've been wanting the wrong things. — Adam Gidwitz
The wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be the way we hang on, as asults, to our grudge against our… — Adam Phillips
Patti, did art get us?' I looked away, not really wanting to think about it. 'I don't know, Robert. I don't know.' Perhaps it did,… — Patti Smith
Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue… — C.S. Lewis
I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes… — George R. R. Martin
The world has never been as divided as it is now, what with religious wars, genocides, a lack of respect for the planet, economic crisis,… — Paulo Coelho
Knowing what I was, and wanting me, anyway. — Maggie Stiefvater
I'm a Crank. I'm slowly going crazy. I keep wanting to chew off my own fingers and randomly kill people. — James Dashner
Iâ€™m conflicted. On one hand, I want to stay in and catch up on The Vampire Diaries, but thereâ€™s this really awesome restaurant Iâ€™ve been… — Jessica Sorensen
But that's how it is when you start wanting to have things. Now, I just look at them, and when I go away I carry… — Tove Jansson
Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something? — Joe Hill

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