#obsession

The truth was...he was in love with her. Totally over-the-line, no-going-back, not-even-dead-would-he-part kind of shit. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#love #obsession #love

I wish there was a word more than ‘love’ itself to convey what I feel for you. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#obsession #true-love #love

You don’t always get to chose who you fall in love with ↗

— Stephani Hecht

#obsession #love

All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession. ↗

— Mary Roach

#science

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#obsession #think

All that existed was Jace; all she felt, hoped, breathed, wanted, and saw was Jace. Nothing else mattered. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#obsession #hope

I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#obsession #slavery #kill

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#development #form #impact #intuitive #itself

Cure for an obsession: get another one. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#cure #get #obsession

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#anybody #celebrity #deal #dealt #fame