“At the bottom of philosophy something very true and very desperate whispers: Everyone is hungry all the time. Everyone is starving. Everyone wants so much, much more than they can stomach, but the appetite doesn't converse much with the stomach. Everyone is hungry and not only for food - for comfort and love and excitement and the opposite of being alone. Almost everything awful anyone does is to get those things and keep them.” WantDoePhilosophyComfortOppositesAnd LoveBottomHungryAwfulExcitementDesperateStomachAppetiteStarvingConversesVery True Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.” WantWritingEndsFoolDesperate Author:Rian Johnson
“In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.” WantNeedsChildrenCharacterShowsAgeTvsTenMy FamilyCastsDesperateGood TimesPenniesSitcomAbused Children Book:True You Source: True You