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“To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.”

World Love Needs May Desire Stars Sky Figures Sweet Wall Lovers Red Rose Snow Imaginary Strain Red Rose Imaginary World

Author:Williston Fish

“I wanted to go home and if Hell rose up to stop me, it would make me desire it more.”

Ifs Home Wanted Desire Hell Rose

Book:Prince of Thorns

Source: Prince of Thorns

“Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time.”

Desire Wind Rose Blast

Book:The Best of James Joyce

Source: The Best of James Joyce

“the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the cynical sneer of the man who, seeking roses, finds only ashes.”

Men Desire Religious Common He Man Type Philosophical Rose Seeking Pessimism Cynical Ashes Sneer

Author:Georgia Harkness