Quotes about Craving

Dejection stems from one of two sources—I have either satisfied a lust or I have not had it satisfied. In either case, dejection is the result. Lust means "I must have it at once.

He felt, as passionately as he had ever felt it, that she was the most desirable woman on earth; but what came from it was only a desire to desire her, a wish to feel, not a feeling.

Each of us craves utterly unfailing love: a love that is unconditional, unwavering, radical, demonstrative, broader than the horizon, deeper than the sea. And it would be nice if that love were healthy, liberating rather than suffocating, and whole. Interestingly, the Word of God uses the phrase "unfailing love" thirty-two other times, and not one of them refers to any source other than God, Himself.

And worst of all, I did not feel held safe. Girls who have the lingering whispers of rejection still echoing in the hollows of their soul rarely feel completely held safe. So they look at gaps of the unknown and hesitate at best. Run away at worst. They crave for life to make sense. They cringe when it doesn't. It

The air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy.

All your life an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness.

Yes, we were made to crave — long for, want greatly, desire eagerly, and beg for—God. Only God. But Satan wants to do everything possible to replace our craving for God with something else.

Because we live for our happiness, happiness always eludes us—???because every fulfilled desire is followed by yet another desire.

Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for

I want to drink. I want a woman like you. I want to go down, as far as you can drag me.

He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart

Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.