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“Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side ? Is there no baseness we would hide ? No inner vileness that we dread ? How many a father have I seen A sober man, among his boys Whose youth was full of foolish noise.”

Men Should Stills Desire Father Sides Boys Youth Foolish Noise Dread Sober Baseness

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death. It dreams a rest, if not more deep, More grateful than this marble sleep; It hears a voice within it tell: Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well. 'Tis all perhaps which man acquires, But 'tis not what our youth desires.”

Ifs Men Wells Dream Desire Sides Voice Sleep Youth Grateful Calm Bliss Acquire Crowns Marble Youth Life

Book:New poems

Source: New poems

“Lust is a mysterious wound in the side of humanity; or rather, at the very source of its life! To confound this lust in man with that desire which unites the sexes is like confusing a tumor with the very organ which it devours, a tumor whose very deformity horribly reproduces the shape.”

Men Desire Humanity Sex Sides Source Shapes Wounds Lust Mysterious Organs Confusing Tumors Deformity

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.”

Source: The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...

“Can desire grow out of admiration, or are the two quite distinct species? What would it be like to lie side by side, naked, breast to breast, with a woman one principally admires?”

Two Lying Desire Grows Sides Species Naked Admire Breasts Admiration

Book:Slow Man

Source: Slow Man

“I am aware that most people only see me as Shaq... the guy on the court. But there is another side to who I am, Shaquille O'Neal. And Shaquille O'Neal wants to explore every part of life. He wants the opportunity to pursue all of his desires. That includes being a part of the music industry as an MC. Music is and will always be a part of who I am.”

People Want Desire Guy Opportunity Sides Industry Basketball Music Is Court Who I Am Pursue Music Industry Parts Of Life Shaq

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Woe to those who get what they desire. Fulfillment leaves an empty space where your old self used to be, the self that pines and broods and reflects. You furnish a dream house in your imagination, but how startling and final when that dream house is your own address. What is left to you? Surrounded by what you wanted, you feel a sense of amputation. The feelings you were used to abiding with are useless. The conditions you established for your happiness are met. That youthful light-headed feeling whose sharp side is much like hunger is of no more use to you.”

“Sexuality is a part of our behavior. It's part of our world freedom. Sexuality is something that we ourselves create. It is our own creation, and much more than the discovery of a secret side of our desire. We have to understand that with our desires go new forms of relationships, new forms of love, new forms of creation. Sex is not a fatality; it's a possibility for creative life. It's not enough to affirm that we are gay but we must also create a gay life.”

World Enough Form Desire Sex Sides Secret Creative Creation Possibility Gay Behavior Discovery Sexuality Our World Homosexuality Creative Life Fatality Forms Of Love Gay Life

Author:Michel Foucault

“The two most powerful nations of the world had been squared off against each other, each with its finger on the button. You'd have thought that war was inevitable. But both sides showed that if the desire to avoid war is strong enough, even the most pressing dispute can be solved by compromise. And a compromise over Cuba was indeed found.”

Ifs World Two War Enough Desire Found Strong Nations Sides Powerful Fingers Compromise Inevitable Most Powerful Buttons Both Sides Disputes Strong Enough Cuba

Author:Nikita Khrushchev