“Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and we can never really be saved? Maybe love is really born of our fears. Love is the heart’s desire for a painkiller; a tearful plea for a great big epidural. Yes that’s it: love is the only anesthesia that really works. And so people with broken hearts are really those who are just coming to, and if you’ve ever seen someone come out of general anesthesia, you know that it looks a lot like the beginnings of a broken heart.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksHeartDoeBigsDesireBornLove IsBrokenLongingSavedDesperateThirstFear Of LoveAnesthesiaPainkillersMaybe LoveEpidurals Author:Jonathan Hull
“All laws which can be broken without any injury to another, are counted but a laughing-stock, and are so far from bridling the desires and lusts of men, that on the contrary they stimulate them.” MenLawDesireLaughingBrokenContraryLustInjury Author:Baruch Spinoza
“Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on creating hungers which its wares never satisfy, and thus it adds to the frustrations and broken minds of our times.” MenWorldTryingMindDesireBrokenCreatingAddMiseryHungerAdvertisingLuxuryOur TimeFrustrationIntensityConsumerismBentOverconsumptionStimulationConvertingBusiness WorldSensuous Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“If you don't know or didn't understand, ASK! It's your responsibility to find out. Research; demonstrate an unquenchable desire to know everything about your job. If something is broken or not right, take the initiative to fix it or make” IfsKnowsJobsDesireAsksResponsibilityBrokenResearchInitiative Author:Dick Couch
“It's natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires.” HumansDesireLeftNaturalFireBrokenPrisonForestsUrgesForest FiresBroken RelationshipPrison Time Author:Amy Sedaris
“Though our private desires are ever so confused, though our private requests are ever so broken, and though our private groanings are ever so hidden from men, yet God eyes them, records them, and puts them upon the file of heaven, and will one day crown them with glorious answers and returns.” MenEyeDesireHeavenAnswersRecordsBrokenReturnOne DayConfusedGloriousCrownsFilesRequestGroaningSo Confused Author:Thomas Brooks