Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it. ― Alexandre Dumas

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Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible!' — Audrey Hepburn

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Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.

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The ultimate success formula: I) Decide what you want (Be precise! Clarity is power) II) Take action (because desire is not enough) III) Notice what's working or not (You don't want to continue to expend energy on an approach that's worthless IV) Change your approach until you achieve what you want (Flexibility gives you the power to create a new approach and a new result.

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Love is not a desire for beauty; it is a yearning for completion.

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Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.

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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible! ― Audrey Hepburn

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I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.

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right in this moment, I can´t even remember what unhappy feels like. ― Maggie Stiefvater

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