Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging, that is to say different from real life which is by nature changing and temporary. It means: not according to natural truth, but according to man's desire and the pretense inspired by his fear of dying and his desire for permanence.
Alberto SavinioTag: future death change fiction destiny desire permanence ptolemy
As if one could do what one wanted with one's own body!
Louis AragonOh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.
Tessa DareTag: humor love romance smile breathing desire tease
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Desire acts as a honey trap to the unwary male, luring him into unworthy and catastrophic enterprises. The beauty of the Narnian witches isn't ancillary to their evil, but integral to it, one of the weapons in their arsenal. Evil must, after all, appear attractive if it's going to be tempting, and from there it's only a small step further to the conclusion that feminine beauty is inherently wicked.
Laura MillerIt was beautiful Eric, who desired me, who was hungry for me, in a world that often let me know it could do very well without me.
Charlaine HarrisTag: desire
The world is always greater than your desires; plenty is never enough.
Aleksandar HemonTag: life contentment desire
When we kill our desires we stink like any corpse.
Harold NorseTag: desire
To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the "pleasures of the flesh" only on the condition that they may be insipid.
Georges BatailleTag: fear lust desire debauchery story-of-the-eye
The world yearns. This is its sure gravity: the attraction of bodies. Earth for molten star. Moon for earth. A hand for the orb of a breast. This is its movement too: the motion of desire, of a longing toward.
Alison MacLeodThe two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good and the fear of evil.
Amit AbrahamTag: good desire inner-strength human-mind driving-force movers
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