"I am dead. I have no desire for you. My body no longer wants the one who doesnâ€™t love."

-- Marguerite Duras

#Desire Quotes #Body Quotes #Want Quotes

“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
“I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And I had to find my fun within those boundaries.”
“You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You can select growth over stagnation. You can select you. And you can select life. And it's time that people tell you you're not at the mercy of forces greater than yourself. You are, indeed, the greatest force for you.”
“I would like a ship for the hips, please. Ships and hips. Hipsters to stir with their hips on the hip ships. And, of course, hips. Yeah, hip. That's me. I also like sips. I'm a slow drinker. A sipster. I'm a sipster hipster comedian. Yeah, sips. But more hips. Hip, hipster, hip star, hiptard. Definitely.”
“If I would of visited this site when I was conquering, I would have been known as 'Atilla the Fun.'”
“Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have.”
“When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. You do not defend any idea with violence.”
“One rose is enough for the dawn”

Source : Edmond Jabès (1977). “The Book of Questions: The Book of Yukel, Return to the Book”, Wesleyan

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