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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.
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.
Do you want to be
with your love by the sea
hearing the gullsong
smelling the salt air
feeling the read more
Do you want to be
with your love by the sea
hearing the gullsong
smelling the salt air
feeling the sand
beneath your toes
and the seaweed
the sea's legacy?
watching the rise
oer the bay of the moon
and then ascent
of the Sun.. oer neptune?
Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.
Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.rn
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.rn
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.
