Desire Quote by Gustave Flaubert

“She wanted what most women want, but she wanted it much more fiercely and passionately.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“And she understood now that love wasn’t just wanting, but a steady devotion, no matter what.”

— Shayla Black

“Did she ever think of that, that things experienced in ways different from hers were equally valuable? That the way that he chose to…

— Elizabeth Berg

“For the first time in years, she felt a yearning for something different, something real. Something more than the life she had.”

— Talena Winters

“I wanted nothing more than for her to feel me – my desire for her, the pleasure I could give her, my obsession for her.”

— Elizabeth Finn

“She imagined herself as some sort of vessel to be filled up with love. But it wasn't like that. The love was within her…

— Kim Edwards

“She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person all that much, if you were busy with…

— Jonathan Franzen

“I came to see that knowing what love isn't might be just as valuable, though infinitely less satisfying, as knowing what it is.”

— Susan Vreeland

“Love wasn’t a feeling. It was a mission. A driving purpose to fulfill her every desire, to give her a life worth sharing.”

— Pam Godwin

“Love was love, and always demanded more than a lover was capable of giving.”

— Benjamin Black

“Growing up, she felt so unworthy of having her deepest desires satisfied, of being loved absolutely. She didn't feel that way anymore.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“She would not take more risks than she could help, and it was admiration, not love, that she wanted.”

— Edith Wharton