“The gown is the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen,' I say to her, as I can pay her no other way without insult. It has been a long time since I have been given a gift, barbed though it may be. 'It does feel as though it might come from a dream.' That makes Habetrot's cheeks pink. 'Good. Maybe you will come back and tell me how the Prince of Sunlight liked the Queen of Night.' Embarrassed, I step out into the hall, wondering how she could believe that a dress- no matter how beautiful- could make me into an object of desire.” BeautifulDesireHolly BlackGorgeousThe Stolen HeirSurenWrenDressHabetrotObject Of Desire Book:The Stolen Heir Source: The Stolen Heir
“He loved her in spite of her unlovableness. Armande had many trying, thought not necessarily rare, traits, all of which he accepted as absurd clues in a clever puzzle.” LoveStupidAcceptanceRomanticObsessionBlindedSmittenLovestruckObject Of DesireUnloveable Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“He loved her in spite of her unlovableness. Armande had many trying, though not necessarily rare, traits, all of which he accepted as absurd clues in a clever puzzle.” LoveStupidRomanticObsessedBlindedSmittenLovestruckObject Of Desire Book:Transparent Things Source: Transparent Things
“We never... recover from our first false solution to feeling frustrated – the inventing of an ideal object of desire with whom we will never feel the frustration we fear. The ideal person in our minds becomes a refuge from realer exchanges with realer people.” FrustrationIdealismFreudObject Of Desire Book:Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life Source: Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life