#desire

And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs to stretch in the sun and form a beautiful shape in someone else's gaze, to lie under a blue sky and dream of helpless, selfless love, to behold itself, illuminated, in the golden light of another's eyes. ↗

— Meg Rosoff

#aging #beauty #body #desire #dream

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself. ↗

— Susannah McCorkle

#become #billie #billie holiday #desire #first

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles. ↗

— David O. McKay

#brotherhood #built #desire #eternal #even

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. ↗

— Mencius

#artist #bids #desire #forbids #him

When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life. ↗

— Jack Miller

#desire #drives #economy #education #get

I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey. ↗

— Brian Molko

#believe #black #black and white #comes #desire

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#capacity #derive #desire #feel #her

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#citizen #desire #device #individuals #induce

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#become #desires #dreams #first #had

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know. ↗

— Mark Oliphant

#always #becomes #desire #fascinating #going