Personal Desire Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.”

Allen Ginsberg

Ambition, Recognition, Creativity, Spiritual Connection, Poetic Aspiration, Personal Desire

2. “Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me.”

Orson Scott Card

Love, Fidelity, Aging, Religion, Relationships, Personal Desire

3. “You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.”

Henry James

Restricted Life, Conventional Mill, Independent Spirit, Social Punishment, Personal Desire, Life Constraints

4. “It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it?”

Brene Brown

Personal Desire, Decision Making, Inner Motivation, Desire, Decision, Motivation

5. “I found that what I had desired all my life was not to live – if what others are doing is called living – but to express myself.”

Henry Miller

Self Expression, Personal Desire, Life Purpose, Individuality, Creativity, Fulfillment

6. “I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.”

Vladimir Nabokov

Expressive Defiance, World’s Silence, Personal Desire, Defiance, Silence, Desire

7. “I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline.”

Ayn Rand

Personal Desire, Urban Beauty, Cityscape Admiration, City, New York, Beauty

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