Desire Quote by Meg Wolitzer

“I often tell my students that fiction is about desire in one way or another. The older I get, the more I understand that…

— Roxane Gay

“Later he would ponder the relation between our extreme desire for something and our ability to realize it- was what we wanted inevitably brought…

— Alaa Al Aswany

“Desire is the foundation of our greatness. Without it, we are stranded; we cannot go anywhere. You won't get, what you don't eagerly desire.”

— Assegid Habtewold

“...desire had its exaggerated and dramatic pleasures, but he was bored by the endless scenes and recantations. Love was simply the same steady heartbeat…

— Robert Goolrick

“i wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. i wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Jean's desires, like those of all men in love, were concentrated on the impossible.”

— Marcel Proust

“The book depicts thoughts, unveils imaginings, answers unspoken questions, clarifies doubts, resolves arguments, and finally reveals the very atoms of the most curiosity-driven desire.”

— Anonymous

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.…

— Jon Krakauer

“What a strange thing to consider imagining a world into being with nothing but words, intention, and desire.”

— Blake Crouch

“Now, for the first time ever, a story had escaped his control. It had taken on a life of its own, and all the…

— Michael Ende

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Desire always breeds more desire. Eventually, it becomes difficult to control.”

— Andy Raskin