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Criss Jami says I would rather a romantic relationship turn into…

“I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.” – … Continue reading

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Ayn Rand says it was the only thing I ever really wanted…

“It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And that’s the sin that can’t be forgiven–that I hadn’t done what I wanted. It feels so dirty and pointless and monstrous, as one feels about insanity, because there’s no sense … Continue reading

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Thich Nhat Hanh says if you suffer…

“If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power

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Friedrich Nietzsche says ultimately, it is the desire…

“Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Kahlil Gibran says let these be your desires…

“But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Gilbert says desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all…

“Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that … Continue reading

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William Blake says those who restrain their desire…

“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” – William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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