Quote by David Levithan

This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I…

— David Levithan

“We don't begin to covet with imagined things. Coveting is a very literal sin–we begin to covet with tangibles, we begin with what we…

— Thomas Harris

“Desire was its own reward, and a rarer luxury than you'd think. You could sometimes buy what you wanted; you could never buy wanting…

— Lionel Shriver

“I was always desired. But now i am valued. And that is a different thing, i find.”

— Hilary Mantel

“Desire and need are two very different things.”

— Shawn Kirsten Maravel

“You are what you desire. You may live with desires and determine all that you want; But your actions determine what and how much…

— Gian Kumar

“I had possessions, many possessions, but they meant nothing to me. Possessions are fleeting, and ever changing. I wanted something tangible, something forever. I…

— T.A. Anderson

“Sometimes it’s what you can’t have that you desire the most,”

— Grace Willows

“The thing about longing is this: It is easy to feel equal to wanting. It is rare to feel equal to having.”

— Helen Humphreys

“You mustn’t get me used to too many luxuries. One doesn’t miss what one has never had; but it’s awfully hard going without things…

— Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs

“The desire that I may have no desire is itself a desire.”

— R. N. Prasher

“I care not for lust or desire. That's too ephemeral a sentiment; throughly incapable of encompassing the depth of that which I seek. Lust…

— Eiry Nieves