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But all these were things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting...

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According lecture, entire effort United States to incite desire, inflict want, inspire demand.

Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

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Jewel (singer)Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than t...

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It wasn't the sort of kiss I'd had with him before, hungry, wanting, desperate. It wasn't the sort o...

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The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being...

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Frogs, ducks, rhinos, octopuses – whatever you desire. The world will be built new for you every mor...

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I wanted to shout down to him, to warn him that he was giving flowers to a monster, but I did not.

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Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing g...

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Patrick RothfussThe Slow Regard of Silent Things

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her moo...

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Patrick RothfussThe Slow Regard of Silent Things

From that first moment of doubt, there was no peace for her; from the time she first imagined leavin...

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I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

Always wanting another man than your own.

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Thomas HardyJude the Obscure

The subjects range from the pastoral (sniffing of the butt of a melon to tell if it's ripe. and almo...

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I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary...

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