Passion Quotes

"We seek the reassurance of love, but crave the excitement of desire." "When intimacy collapses into fusion, it is not a lack of closeness but too much closeness that impedes desire." "A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life " "I’m so into you I can barely breathe" "If we could end the need for drugs, we can become passionate again about pro-social goals. " "Erotic aliveness requires active engagement and the courage to let go." "With me, poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion" "The best things in life make you sweaty" "People who know me know I’m a harness fanatic" "Sex pleasure in woman, as I conceive it, is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon" "Everywhere, no matter what the sphere of activity, the means to become a leader is to have a focus of attention on some field of pure interest" "In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision" "I do not love you except because I love you" "I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul" "Take bread away from me if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter" "Oh the mad coupling of hope and force in which we merged and despaired" "There is rust in my mouth, the stain of an old kiss" "Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn." "The best ideas come from examining problems that are interesting to you." "I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees."