#possession

At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#complete #down #ever #journey #last

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#being #body #claim #enter #her

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#made #possession #riches #them #treasures

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. ↗

— Epicurus

#friendship #greatest #happy #make #much

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. ↗

— Epicurus

#much #possession #riches #their #torment

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. ↗

— Albert Camus

#even #insatiable #itself #love #loves

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife. ↗

— Bruce Feirstein

#austen #fortune #jane #jane austen #man

Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance? ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

#chance #considered #differ #does #goods

As for September 11, let us not too easily grant the Americans possession of that date on the calendar. Like May 1 or July 14 or December 25, September 11 may seem full of significance to some people, while to other people it is just another day. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#another day #calendar #date #day #december

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul. ↗

— Gilbert Highet

#duty #enjoy #enrich #extend #his