"Here's a fact: Some people want to live moreThan others do."

Desire, Ambition, Intensity, Life

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"IF it's money, sex, stupidy everyone is one the ride fast going without thinking."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Desire, Money, Sex, Truth, Power

"When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off;you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. People fancy they are enjoying themselves,but they are really tearing out their wingsfor the sake of an illusion."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Desire, Lust, Illusion, Fantasy

"There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied-who continually look to what escapes them, convincing themselves that if only they could attain that one desire outside of reach they would be happy. It seems almost pointless to give to these people because their eyes immediately shift from the gift to stare miserably at the portion held back. Their wants, demands, expectations, appetites are never satiated, thus they refuse to be happy. And you cannot make them so."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Desire, Truth, Regret, Happiness, Wisdom

"For the duration of his erection: To a horny man, all women are the most beautiful woman in the world."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Desire, Truth, Perception, Attraction

"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Desire, Love, Dream, Longing

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Desire, Freedom, Understanding

"Do you have a dream or desire that is burning a hole in your soul? Something that lights your fire and brings you simple pleasure?"

Susan C. Young, American Author

Desire, Happiness, Inspirational, Power, Truth

"The lust for comfort that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host and then a master."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Desire, Comfort, Guest, Master

"If you want money more than anything,you will be bought and sold.If you have a greed for food,you will become a loaf of bread.This is a subtle truth.Whatever you love, you are."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Desire, Greed, Identity, Truth

"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Desire, Forbidden

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"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

Abuse

"That's how I do this life sometimes by making the ordinary just like magic and just like a card trick and just like a mirror and just like the disappearing. Every Indian learns how to be a magician and learns how to misdirect attention and the dark hand is always quicker than the white eye and no matter how close you get to my heart you will never find out my secrets and I'll never tell you and I'll never show you the same trick twice. I'm traveling heavy with illusions."

Identity

"I was crying because I had broken my best friend's heart."

Regret

"Because I want to be remembered."

Legacy

"He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing."

Commitment

"What if someone picks on me?" I askedThen I'll pick on them".What if someone picks my nose?" I asked.The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said."

Friendship

"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."

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"IF it's money, sex, stupidy everyone is one the ride fast going without thinking."

"When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off;you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. People fancy they are enjoying themselves,but they are really tearing out their wingsfor the sake of an illusion."

"For the duration of his erection: To a horny man, all women are the most beautiful woman in the world."

"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."

"Do you have a dream or desire that is burning a hole in your soul? Something that lights your fire and brings you simple pleasure?"

"The lust for comfort that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host and then a master."

"If you want money more than anything,you will be bought and sold.If you have a greed for food,you will become a loaf of bread.This is a subtle truth.Whatever you love, you are."

"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."

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"My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures."

"The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more."

"He was my best friend and I needed him."

"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

"I was crying because I had broken my best friend's heart."

"Because I want to be remembered."

"He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing."

"What if someone picks on me?" I askedThen I'll pick on them".What if someone picks my nose?" I asked.The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said."

"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."