Mason Cooley Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.

  Mason Cooley

  Mirrors, Imagination, Desire

• My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

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  Book, Desire, Literature

• Dreams surround our desires with ugliness and dread.

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  Dream, Desire, Dread

• When I try to portray to myself my heart's desire, nothing happens.

  Mason Cooley

  Heart, Desire, Trying

• The desire to perform impedes conversation.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Conversation

• Dreams are distorted representations of desire. So are dream- analyses.

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  Dream, Desire, Analysis

• I am kept in bondage by the moles of my beloved.

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  Desire, Moles, Beloved

• The extravagance of intellect outstrips the extravagance of desire.

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  Desire, Extravagance, Excess

• I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.

  Mason Cooley

  Dream, Heart, Desire

• Desire is wakeful; satisfaction dozes.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Satisfaction

• Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Endure, Altruism

• As desire recedes, the world becomes clear, pale, and empty.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, World, Empty

• My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.

  Mason Cooley

  Self, Desire, Way

• The desire to be significant casts a pall.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Significant, Significance

• In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Streets

• Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Want, Yearning

• Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.

  Mason Cooley

  Self, Desire, Throwing

• Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.

  Mason Cooley

  Smile, Promise, Desire

• When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

  Mason Cooley

  Sick, Desire, Excess

• Rebuttals never alter desire.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Rebuttal

• Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.

  Mason Cooley

  Running, Desire, Looks

• The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Looks, Literature

• Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.

  Mason Cooley

  Desire, Shame, Stills

• Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.

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  Desire, Gone, Habit

• Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.

  Mason Cooley

  Expectations, Desire, Action

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