#possession

He had been violently confused by her real presence in the opposite inaccessible corner. For months he had been possessed by the imagination of her. She had been distant and closed away, a princess in a tower, and his imagination’s work had been all to make her present, all of her, to his mind and senses, the quickness of her and the mystery, the whiteness of her, which was part of her extreme magnetism, and the green look of those piercing or occluded eyes. Her presence had been unimaginable, or more strictly, only to be imagined. Yet here she was, and he was engaged in observing the ways in which she resembled, or differed from, the woman he dreamed, or reached for in sleep, or would fight for. ↗

— A.S. Byatt

#distance #imagination #love #lust #possession

Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing she possessed that nobody had stolen. ↗

— Ruth Downie

#self-possession #self-worth #strength-of-a-woman #strength-through-adversity #freedom

Jealousy is something I cultivate whenever I enter a relationship. It shows proper self-possession. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #jealousy #possession #funny

Murder is not about lust and it's not about violence. It's about possession. When you feel the last breath of life coming out of the woman, you look into her eyes. At the point, it's being God. ↗

— Ted Bundy

#possession #ted-bundy #life

Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for. ↗

— Laura Lippman

#life #need #possessions #regret #wanting

Fifty percent of something is better than than one hundred percent of nothing. ↗

— Chuck Barris

#possession #truth #you-and-me-babe #life

Real value come from nature and human resources, both of which we already possess. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#possessions #value-of-life #life

I want to be your last thought at night, and your first taste at dawn. ↗