Desire Quote by Mary Shelley

“Many of the most gratifying experiences in life are those that are the most demanding.”

— David Miller

“Oh, for a life of Pleasure rather than of Labor!”

— Pietros Maneos

“A pleasure that is ephemeral brings no true satisfaction to any man. How miserable must be the lives of those folk who labor so…

— Seneca

“After all the years, after everything that you'd had to endure, after everything that you'd undertaken, however good or bad, long after you'd given…

— Marlene Van Niekerk

“It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Ah yes, now you’re beginning to feel it. It’s so satisfying to see my best efforts coming to fruition. Undoubtedly one of the most…

— Jaye Frances

“But it's in despair that you discover the most intense pleasure, especially when you are acutely conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of…

— Philip Ghezelbash

“A duty which becomes a desire will ultimately become a delight.”

— George Gritter

“I wasn't prepared for the intensity of it.It was like going from blissful emptiness to experiencing a roller coaster of sensations all at once.”

— Alexandra Adornetto

“Coming abruptly, and without giving me time to trace it accurately to its source among so many ideas of a very different kind, the…

— Marcel Proust

“Never forget, that in pain lies gain; if we want early pleasure, we'll miss later treasure. Don't forget. Work hard!”

— Israelmore Ayivor