Top 9 Desire Love Quotes

And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.

And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.

Desire Love, Headstone, Gravestone

Sonnets from the Portuguese no. 43 (1850)

To be loved to madness--such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for any particular lover.

Thomas Hardy

Loneliness, Desire Love, Long

Thomas Hardy (2015). “The Return of the Native”, p.68, Xist Publishing

An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.

William Landay

Hate, Ideas, Desire Love

William Landay (2012). “Defending Jacob: A Novel”, p.209, Delacorte Press

Love isn't quite desire... Love is probably a little bit in The Sandman's domain. Love is partly a dream, it's partly to do with desire, and sometimes it's partly to do with death, as well. It's also very often something to do with delirium.

Neil Gaiman

Dream, Love Is, Desire Love

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Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.

James A. Baldwin

Believe, Desire Love, Wish

One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you must have desire and greed, then you should desire love of God and be greedy to attain Him.

Ramakrishna

Anger, Passion, Desire Love

Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. I have never fallen in love with a gender. I have fallen for individuals.

David Levithan

Love Is, Desire Love, Individual

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.89, Egmont UK

Or perhaps it is some combination of spirit and desire, love and hope, some alchemy that we each possess and can put to use, if we first know where to look without flinching.

Libba Bray

Desire Love, Looks, Use

Libba Bray (2010). “Rebel Angels”, p.366, Simon and Schuster