Desire Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“... the extraordinary craving for someone faithful and devoted, which unaccountably and suddenly came over him.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“There's not one good thought in that place. There's nothing but waste and want. I can feel his selfish cravings and an abyss of…

— Steve V. Cypert

“The craving became almost unbearable, and he felt his heart break with the wanting.”

— William Lashner

“God made us to crave so we’d always desire more of Him.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

“He hungered for a sense of progress, of new things approaching while old familiar ones receded. It seemed far too long since he’d had…

— Jennifer Egan

“He wanted—what did he want most in life? I think his distinctive craving is best expressed as fun—fun in companionship.”

— H.G. Wells

“She was familiar with this immaterial hunger. There had been times when her entire life had seemed characterized by this craving. By this compelling,…

— Cynthia Rogers Parks

“I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind.”

— Suzanne Collins

“Craving for what you don’t have kills your enjoyment for what you already have.”

— Tapan Ghosh

“He wanted something, he realizes now. Wanted an answer other than the ones he’d been given. Wanted to find out this whole world had…

— Patrick Ness

“All he wanted was to somehow get there, and taste that joy which everyone but him seemed to be experiencing.”

— Christina McKenna

“How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing there was no end.”

— Allegra Goodman