Desire Quote by Thomas Hoover

“Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor…”

— Émile Gaboriau

“The cause of suffering is desire,”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Suffering does make us more sensitive until it crushes us completely.”

— Edmund White

“Pain is inevitable but suffering is a choice.”

— Terrence S.M. Popp

“...I've come to learn that pain is inevitable in this world, but suffering is optional.”

— Helen Klein Ross

“Our existence comes with Death. And it comes with suffering, death alone is not enough and pleasure have consequences. wicked and fucked. love comes…

— Ira N. Barin

“The purpose of suffering is to contain the light of your desire until you see yourself in everything.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“No matter what choices we make in life, suffering is always a part of what follows.”

— Christine Johnson

“suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we want to be loved.”

— Paulo Coelho

“We hate suffering, but love it’s causes.”

— Shantideva

“Suffering so someone else didn't have to suffer. Sacrificing your body for someone else's well being.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.”

— Charles Yu