Adam was in the dream, too; he traced the tangled pattern of ink with his finger. He said, "Scio quid hoc est." As he traced it further and further down on the bare skin of Ronan's back, Ronan himself disappeared entirely, and the tattoo got smaller and smaller. It was a Celtic knot the size of a wafer, and then Adam, who had become Kavinsky, said "Scio quid estis vos." He put the tattoo in his mouth and swallowed it.
Ronan woke with a start, ashamed and euphoric.
The euphoria wore off long before the shame did.
He was never sleeping again.
The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us. If I fell into a deep lake and I didn't know how to swim, I would become highly motivated in an instant. Climbing from the lake would mean more to me than anything else in the world. My effort would be no less than astounding and I would suddenly become one of the most excited and enthusiastic persons imaginable.
Steve GoodierMots clés motivational purpose excitement motivation enthusiasm desire wanting-something
All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than a slave. Many people desire those things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can be refuted by science: mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.
Bertrand RussellMots clés science life friendship happiness family freedom death mankind desire slavery starvation lunatics prosperity
It only needs a desire, not words; to start a conversation.
Pratik AkkawarMots clés wise conversation desire willingness
You wanted to show everyone you could write about the black heart of a killer. And all the while pretending you don't even have your own dark desires.
Naoyuki OchiaiMots clés life writing murder killing desire
True passion motivates the life forces and brings forth all things good.
... desire is the poor cousin to passion, ever hungry and with no real result.
Mots clés passion desire hunger permanence fruitfulness
I saw a dead bird flying through a broken sky. I heard it, and it said, "The world will never understand.
Nadège RichardsMots clés life love faith life-lessons desire finding-oneself 5-miles being-you broken-sky dead-bird desired-love discovering-life finding-the-meaning-of-life the-need-to-belong
He once had lips as cold as stone and a heart that equally matched, but I had managed to warm him up and now all I could sense was his need for me.
Jason LloydWe are to blame if reality does not take the form we desire. Whatever we have not desired with sufficient strength, that we call nonexistent. Desire it, imbrue it with your blood, your sweat, your tears, and it will take on a body. Reality is nothing more than the chimera subjected to our desire and our suffering.
Nikos KazantzakisWe can know what we do wrong even before we do it, but self-knowledge can't affect or change the outcome, can it? Everyone singing his own little song, convinced it's the most wonderful song the world has ever heard. Don't you see? We create our own thorns, and never stop to count the cost. All we can do is suffer the pain, and tell ourselves it was well worth it.
Colleen McCulloughMots clés morality self-awareness right-and-wrong duty desire tragedies
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