Desire Quote by Willa Cather
““It came over him now that the unexpected favours of fortune, no matter how dazzling, do not mean very much to us. They may excite or divert us for a time, but when we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.””
![“And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he [my father] used without arrogance and without excusing himself; so that when he had them, he enjoyed them without affectation, and when he had them not, he did not want them.” quote by Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/58f/marcus-aurelius-139_life_and-the-things-which-conduce-in-any-way_2793558.jpg)
![“[S]he felt an irresistible longing to begin life with him over again so that they could say what they had left unsaid and do everything right that they had done badly in the past.” quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/094/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_life_s-he-felt-an-irresistible-longing-to-beg_1125585.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)
