- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Desiring Quotes
The ache of wanting something more.
These desiring quotes range from a historical wish to return home to family to modern reflections on chronic sadness, tied to broader themes in our Children quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Distributed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could heartily wish that every commission officer was to be previously examined; for, to my certain knowledge, there are persons who have already crept into commission without abilities or fit qualification: I am myself far from desiring to be excused.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020