Desire Quote by Rachel Cusk
““What she couldn’t stand, she said, was pretence of any kind, especially the pretence of desire, wherein someone feigned the need to possess her wholly when in fact what he wanted was to use her temporarily. She herself, she said, was quite willing to use others too, but she only recognised it once they had admitted this intention in themselves.””
![“The world lay before her—she could do whatever she chose. There was a deep thrill in it all, but for the present her choice was tolerably discreet […].” quote by Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/082/henry-james-417_adventure_the-world-lay-before-her-she-could-do-wh_616393.jpg)
![“She [did feel] made aware of the pettiness of some part of her, and of human relations how flawed they are, how despicable, how self-seeking, at their best.” quote by Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e8/virginia-woolf-49_human-relations_she-did-feel-made-aware-of-the-pettiness_2217161.jpg)
![“Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of…” quote by John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/84c/john-steinbeck-71_art_teaching-might-even-be-the-greatest-of-t_1738.jpg)
