Quotes about Desire
He stared at her, and the impression of her beauty grew until, uncommitted by a word, by even a formal introduction, he felt himself going out toward her, watching the turn of her lips and the shifting of her cheeks when she smiled.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
He was tempted to lean over and kiss away her tears.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
She did not know yet that splendor is something in the heart; at the moment when she realized that and melted into the passion of the universe he could take her without question or regret.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Gloria was sure she wanted but to read and dream and be fed tomato sandwiches and lemonades by some angelic servant still in a shadowy hinterland. Between paragraphs Anthony would come and kiss her as she lay indolently in the hammock….
— F Scott Fitzgerald
it's the paternal instinct, Amory—celibacy goes deeper than the flesh. . . .
— F Scott Fitzgerald
It's rotten that every bit of real love in the world is ninety-nine percent passion and one little soupcon of jealousy
— F Scott Fitzgerald
If one can't be a great artist or a great soldier, the next best thing is to be a great criminal.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!" —Thomas Parke D'invilliers
— F Scott Fitzgerald
In ten seconds he had completely lost his appetite and gained on hundred thousand dollars.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
He was born sleepless without a talent for rest or the desire for it. --Cecelia Brady about Stahr
— F Scott Fitzgerald
She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see. That was a way she had.
— F Scott Fitzgerald