“I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.” ThinkingKnowsWayDesireEmotionFictionNiceInformationOur TimeRemindingNeurologyPolarization Author:George Saunders
“There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing him - or he starts to see it having a life of its own that doesn't have anything to do with his ego or his desire to 'be a good writer'.” WritingMomentsFeelingsDesirePiecesNiceEgoReally NiceGood WritersOutgrowing Author:George Saunders
“Religion is not a nice thing. It is potentially a very dangerous thing because it involves a heady complex of emotions, desires, yearnings and fears.” DesireEmotionNiceAtheismDangerousComplexesPositive AtheismYearningNice ThingsDangerous Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“There’s nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things. It’s when we place that as a measure of the value of ourselves that it goes askew.” WantDesireValuesNiceNice Things Author:Demi Moore
“If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.” PeopleIfsWantSoulDesireNicePraiseFavorsConquerGarmentsConceitLaurels Author:Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
“Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.” DesireSufferingSimpleNiceEquationsFlipped Author:Charles Yu