Famous Quotes about desire

Shara McCallum famous quote #71

I am the woman at the waters edgeoffering you oranges for the peelingknife glistening in the sun.This is the scent and tasteof my skin citon and sweet.Touch me and your life will unfoldbefore you easily as this skirtbillows then sinkslapping against my legs my toesfiltering through the rivers silt.Following the current out to seaI am the kind of womanwho will come back to hauntyour dreams move through yourhumid nights the way honeyswirls through a cup of hot tea
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Chelsie Shakespeare quote #85 from The Pull

When we cant understand the science behind something in this world we make up mythological entities that we can relate to. We personify the forces of nature that mystify us using our boundless imaginations to comfort us and make us feel like we have some control over these things that are much bigger than we are.
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Tom Robbins quote #411 from Jitterbug Perfume

If desire causes suffering it may be because we do not desire wisely or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of hiding our heads in a prayer cloth and building walls against temptation why not get better at fulfilling desire Salvation is for the feeble thats what I think. I dont want salvation I want life all of life the miserable as well as the superb. If the gods would tax ecstasy then I shall pay however I shall protest their taxes at each opportunity and if Woden or Shiva or Buddha or that Christian fellow--whats his name--cannot respect that then Ill accept their wrath. At least I will have tasted the banquet that they have spread before me on this rich round planet rather than recoiling from it like a toothless bunny. I cannot believe that the most delicious things were placed here merely to test us to tempt us to make it the more difficult for us to capture the grand prize the safety of the void. To fashion of life such a petty game is unworthy of both men and gods.
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Alexander Pushkin famous quotes

I have outlasted all desire, My dreams and I have grown apart; My grief alone is left entire, The gleamings of an empty heart. The storms of ruthless dispensation. Have struck my flowery garland numb, I live in lonely desolation And wonder when my end will come. Thus on a naked tree-limb, blasted By tardy winter's whistling chill, A single leaf which has outlasted Its season will be trembling still.
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Tom Robbins quote #84 from Jitterbug Perfume

Perhaps that is why desire causes men calamity. By identifying with our desires and taking them too seriously we not only increase our susceptibility to disappointment we actually create a climate inhospitable to the free and easy fulfillment of those desires.
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