Ballet Quote by Guy Mankowski

“Our wants and longings and desires are at the core of our identity, the wellspring from which our actions and behavior flow.”

— James K.A. Smith

“When we can stand in the solitary presence of something magnificent, the obligation of sharing the experience evaporates, and we are free to truly…

— Josh Gates

“But when we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves, and allowing that power to…

— Audre Lorde

“Desire is not always lessened by disgust. Nor can it be bestowed, like favor, to those most deserving of it”

— Cassandra Clare

“One can feel an attraction towards a particular person. But to release that fount of sorrow, that sense of the irreparable, those agonies which…

— Marcel Proust

“Our desire for these things is insatiable, perhaps because they help to narrativize and streamline the chaos and absence of meaning.”

— Ted Pigeon

“I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me— A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In…

— Edgar Lee Masters

“Within the nature of every person is a desire to feel appreciated, to feel needed, and to be loved.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

“But it is a strange experience, to a man of pride and sensibility, to know that his interests are within the control of individuals…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“All beings desire pleasure, a surcease of need or want, and there is no shame in that.”

— Sherri L. King

“THE ESSENCE OF YOUR DESIRE IS A FEELING”

— Danielle LaPorte

“and the river’s voice was full of longing, full of smarting woe, full of insatiable desire.”

— Hermann Hesse