Hanif Kureishi Quotes about Desire

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I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.

I don't want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul.

Love Is, Safety, Desire

Hanif Kureishi (2009). “Something to Tell You: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

At the deepest level people are madder than they want to believe. You will find that they fear being eaten, and are alarmed by their desire to devour others.

Hanif Kureishi

Believe, People, Desire

Hanif Kureishi (2009). “Something to Tell You: A Novel”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

My guess is that she is uncomfortable in such an intransigent world but is unable to live accordingly to her own desire.

Hanif Kureishi

Desire, World, Uncomfortable

Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.

Hanif Kureishi

Desire, Goodness, Be Good

You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.

Hanif Kureishi

Yesterday, Desire, Beating Yourself Up

Hanif Kureishi Quotes about Desire

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