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“That is my morality or my metaphysics or me myself: a passer-by in everything, even my own soul. I belong to nothing, I desire nothing, I am nothing except an abstract centre of impersonal sensations, a sentient mirror fallen from the wall but still turned to reflect the diversity of the world.”

World Stills Soul Desire My Own Wall Morality Diversity Mirrors Fallen Abstract Sensations Metaphysics Centre

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“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

“What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show, Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach, Which pries not to th' interior, but like the martlet Builds in the weather on the outward wall, Even in the force and road of casualty.”

Men May Shows Eye Desire Force Teach Wall Fool Weather Multitudes Interiors Casualties Learning More

Author:William Shakespeare

“The organic laws of construction tangled me in my desires, and only with great pain, effort, and struggle did I break through these 'walls around art.”

Art Pain Law Desire Effort Break Struggle Wall Construction Break Through Tangled

Author:Wassily Kandinsky

“The wind shrieks, the wind grieves; It dashes the leaves on walls, it whirls then again; And the enormous sleeper vaguely and stupidly dreams And desires to stir, to resist a ghost of pain.”

Dream Pain Desire Wind Wall Ghost Enormous Grieving Sleepers

Book:The House of Dust: A Symphony

Source: The House of Dust: A Symphony

“Remember, you cannot be responsible for the happiness of other people. You can do your best to be sensitive to the needs and desires of others, but some people will not be happy no matter how much you do for them. If you decided you were responsible for their happiness, you could drive yourself completely up the nearest wall.”

People Ifs Needs Matter Remember Desire Can Do Wall Decided Responsible Sensitive Being Responsible Remember You Remembers You

Book:Why Your Best Is Good Enough

Source: Why Your Best Is Good Enough

“Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains.”

Men Needs Self Desire Values Hate Loses Break Atheism Wall Promise Thee Curse Self Respect Suspects Curtains Thyself Profitable Hypocrite

Book:沉思錄:讀了一百年還要再讀一百年的不朽鉅著

Source: 沉思錄:讀了一百年還要再讀一百年的不朽鉅著

“That nervous energy that makes people like you and I want and go after everything in the world - bump our heads on all the hard walls and scratch our hands on all the briars - but it makes living great - doesn't it - I'm glad I want everything in the world - good and bad - bitter and sweet - I want it all and a lot of it too”

Source: Lovingly, Georgia: The Complete Correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe and Anita Pollitzer

“the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.”

Moving Desire Night Loss Secret Beauty Painting Wall Elements Longing Contemplation Sunset Buyers

Book:Catherine Carter: A Novel

Source: Catherine Carter: A Novel

“The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by prison walls, or martial laws, or secret police. Over time, and across the Earth, freedom will find a way.”

Way Humans Heart Earth Law Desire Secret Forever Wall Police Prison Human Heart Secret Police Prison Walls Martial Law

Author:George W. Bush