Desire Quote by Margaret Atwood

I loved the illusion, the conviction, the desire - whatever you want to call it - that the words were agents rather than extensions…

— Eavan Boland

The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.

— Laura Anne Gilman

As far as I can see, it's not important that we have free will, just as long as we have the illusion of free…

— Alan Moore

“The desire to love someone always exceeds the desire to be loved by someone & that's exactly why we end up loving the person…

— Anirban Bose

“Desire, it is everywhere you look. The desire to be loved. The desire to be unique. The desire to simply live.”

— Alberto Pupo

Women must destroy in themselves, the desire to be loved-

— Mina Loy

“The desire to be loved, to feel loved, is behind every diet, pill, surgery, and lie. It is behind each act of violence and…

— Vironika Tugaleva

We suffer from loneliness, often because we desire to be loved, rather than to give love..

— Anonymous

“You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!”

— Emily Brontë

“I’ve never had any desire to be loved. I prefer being feared. It gets the same results but without any hugging.”

— Tawni O'Dell

“The desire to be heard is as deeply seeded as the desire to be loved. For some people, it doesn't matter who's on the…

— David Levithan

The desire to be loved is really death when it comes to art.

— David Cronenberg