We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.

We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the
plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes read more

Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the
plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of read more

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something read more

It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen -- that's the most exalting.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.