| 单词 | desire |
| 例句 | But the strongest memory that Sergio could attribute to either reality or desire was the smell of his mother, close to him, warming him, holding him, all the dark night. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She gave the tips of his fingers a quick squeeze that seemed to invite not desire but affection. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And I felt in this a cosmic injustice, a profound cruelty, which infused an abiding, irrepressible desire to unshackle my body and achieve the velocity of escape. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She did not know how it would look, if it could capture the cruel mix of emotions she felt, the desire to cry and slap him and steel herself all at once. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And what it was about Lelia that I desired and feared came partly through his bloodline running through her, the openness and exuberance and all that hard focus she could sometimes call up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They surrounded Odysseus, weeping and laughing and welcoming him home until they stirred within his own heart the desire to weep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z How odd, I thought: it had taken my mothers death, Father Quinel’s murder, and the desire of others to kill me for me to claim a life of my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She sensed now how this might be achieved, through desire alone; the world she ran through loved her and would give her what she wanted and would let it happen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s like the secret bottle stashed away by alcoholics: I may have no desire to use it, right now, but I feel more secure knowing it’s there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Thus, animists may believe that the big rock at the top of the hill has desires and needs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She stole toward it, half fearful at being alone, but unable to resist the desire to fill her basket with it, exactly as Zeus had supposed she would feel. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z —It’s that desire to excel that I see lacking in you. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My environment contained nothing more alien than writing or the desire to express one’s self in writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A subconscious desire for me to stop him from shooting himself? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Our reasonableness did not arise, however, from a desire to keep peace with Bragg. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A great desire came over him to climb the tower and see the Sea. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Beyond all other trees,” she said with a curl of a smile on her elegant mouth, “the willow moves to the wind’s desire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The giants are stomping and roaring to life, hurling their colossal bodies into each other’s arms, fed up with spending eternity frozen, always a breath away from their heart’s desire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Bobby was conflicted about his intense desire for privacy, and his need—from his earliest days of childhood—for attention. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But the price is subjugation to a way of life completely alien to their urges and desires. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My desires are strangely compounded of yearning and misery. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I also had a terrible desire to kiss her, which I did. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They had no tensions, unappeasable longings, no desire to do something to redeem themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is desired that the investigation of subject be most searching and pointed towards ascertaining the nature of her present activity and the identity of her associate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At that moment he had no desire for her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It lived in the desire to excel and win. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The alliance was often successful, in that the party gained the desired advantage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My legs fall asleep from having them crossed for so long, and my eyes flutter, fighting my desire to keep them closed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Wang Lung laughed bitterly and shortly when his son said this, and he threw the desire of the young man aside for something worthless and not to be considered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They were without shame and without desire, like the angels. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I have no desire to see it twice in one night. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Put another way: How urgent is their desire for money? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Had he so desired, they would have stopped what they were doing to be with their father every minute of his final months. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Has any of you been compelled to live through a long time-interval between the consciousness of a desire and its fulfilment?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All my efforts subside like froth into the one desire to be able just to stay lying there. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The notion that all racial caste systems are necessarily predicated on a desire to harm other racial groups, and that racial hostility is the essence of racism, is fundamentally misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For he desired in his soul, with fear and trembling, all the glories that his mother prayed he should find. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z ‘All of us are drawn here, sustained not only by Gaia’s power but also by our strongest desires. Eurymachus’s greed. Antinous’s cruelty.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The next example is three lines of dactylic hexameter scratched onto a drinking cup: “I am Nestor’s delicious drinking cup. Whoever drinks from this cup swiftly will the desire of fair-crowned Aphrodite seize him.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Dimple ought to spend more time in a state of frenzied desire. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The luminous tower fascinated him, and he fought the desire that was on him to run up the gleaming road towards its gate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I had a sudden desire to explain to her my life. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Making him feel wanted and desired is part of what’s required of her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Meanwhile faces filled the portholes, gazing with amazement, curiosity, disgust, desire. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I must admit that this desire on their part leads me to question their value judgments. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Humanity’s deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no desire to latch onto a monster symbol of fate and prove my manhood in titanic piscine war. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘No longer do I desire to be a queen,’ she said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His voice was filled with a child’s enthusiasm, a desire for life that Jesse’s suicide had stolen from me and Audrey both. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I have to remind myself that normal people feel this way, too: The desire to take a moment and make it last forever. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And when that short-lived light went supernova, it would leave a blueprint of achievement and desire for anyone in the neighborhood searching for new possibilities. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My own skills left something to be desired, but I was working on it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But her desire to stay alive was stronger than her desire to stay clean, and our robot decided it was time she got dirty. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z This was despite the fact that his Cal Tech grades left much to be desired, even considering his long bout with mononucleosis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “I have seen your dreams, Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears. All you desire is possible, but all that you dread is also possible....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even though he was new to Camp Jupiter, he felt a fierce desire to protect this place. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Again, there was her legend, her history, which would have been enough, even had she not been so wholly unattractive, to put her forever beyond the gates of any honorable man’s desire. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And he had no desire to hurt Max. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, the girl expressed a desire to return to Beechwood Island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “He must have had! He must have had. I never had energy or direction or—well, even a very great desire to live before I had you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Frogs, ducks, rhinos, octopuses—whatever you desire.The world will be built new for you every morning. If you stay here, you can have whatever you want.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Sam was standing by the pony, sucking his teeth, and staring moodily into the gloom where the river roared stonily below; his desire for adventure was at its lowest ebb. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Many youth groups joined ranks with the Hitler Youth: Some joined because they desired to do so; others joined because it was dangerous not to. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She rested frequently, having no desire to reach her destination, but she couldn’t postpone the journey any longer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. But don’t fabricate some story out of a misguided desire to pacify or impress me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And foremost among the men in the village who exclaimed over his prosperity was his uncle, for his uncle in these days was like a dog who fawns and desires to win favor. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z As soon as you have revealed your intention to one malcontent, you give him the means to make himself content, since he can have everything he desires by revealing the plot. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The desire to gain possessions is truly a very natural and normal thing, and when those men gain possessions who are able to do so, they will always be praised and not criticized. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He watched her with a hatred that was mixed with his old desire, knowing that once more she had the victory. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Everyone deserves a moment or two alone when they desire it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly she had an almost overwhelming desire to look around—to see what was behind the other doors and down the other corridors. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I run at her, and as the desire to kick her slips into my mind, I realize that it is also her desire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the rest of the fairy races, dwarfs had no desire to live aboveground. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The look in his face is some commingling of panic and desire. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The desire to do this laid hold of him, and he could think of nothing else. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And airplane tickets to places they haven’t the energy or the desire to visit. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, Harry thought, Tom Riddle would certainly have understood Helena Ravenclaw’s desire to possess fabulous objects to which she had little right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This desire was only controllable because I remembered someone standing off to the side there, bearing witness to more fury than he had ever seen from me—you. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You continue to surprise me, Amari. I had no idea my desires were so obvious. You watch and you learn. That is very wise.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A thing bigger than desire was in him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His Bible and the packages were the only time he had any feelings other than meanness and a desire for revenge. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It might even have a hazy desire for music or crossword puzzles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we had such desires—but they return not. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I am delirious with longing and the fulfillment of that longing, the desire to touch his warm skin, trace the sinew and muscle just under the surface, pulsing with life. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The teacher sat meekly behind his desk, a spectator stripped of the desire or power to make them behave. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether her silence is coming from her confusion or from a desire to be rid of me, I have no way of knowing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As the horse clip-clopped down Kraków's cobblestone streets, I finally gave in to my desire for sleep. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z This might be one of the things I saw in Rhiannon, too—her desire to persevere. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Soon, Olanna heard the piano, something stretched out and slow, and she felt a desire to walk across and open Alice’s door and watch her play. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “If you can release me, I will grant you your heart’s desire.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His desire to save himself had kept him from seeing it at first, but at least he saw it now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z That is what the god desires of you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The desire to stay like this for much longer than it will really last. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “The Allegiant are motivated by the desire to return to our original purpose in the city,” Cara says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I recall this day for the sake of Mr. Gitney, at that time called 03-01, as an homage to his desires for a world that cannot be. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s a universal instinct of the human species, isn’t it, that desire to dress up in some sort of disguise?” said Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Not only had I been so conditioned that I did not desire it, but the fulfillment of such an ambition was beyond my capabilities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She was drawn inside almost against her will, her curiosity vying against the desire to flee. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Here’s one of Frank’s: No one desires evil. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z What he desired turned out to be gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That night she danced he was already a dead man, a living dead man who sucked life from the living, desiring and hating it even as he took it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He hardly dared to breathe, and yet the desire to get it out of his pocket became so strong that he began slowly to move his hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Boy, I won’t stop you from chasing your heart’s desire. No, no. I won’t deprive you of things that fly. It comes to you naturally.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A number of them soon found that attending to his erotic desires, despite his dwarfish stature and misshapen physique, went a long way toward enhancing their career prospects. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had no desire to know me as a person. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The dryad who would have perished with it told him to ask anything he desired and she would give it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt on the edge of death with the desire for it, and presently, without his being able to prevent it, his eyes closed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Not here . . . Get up ... A little farther down. There is a shed over there . . . Come . . .” I had neither the desire nor the resolve to get up. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no desire to acquaint myself with the machine’s crushing gears and movements. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You do?” interrupted the giant, losing any desire to eat at all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The indifference with which I could have axed them was shaken only by my desire to do so. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke with a raging desire for food and called for something to eat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her presence in Rome was having the desired effect on Caesar even if it was making his fellow senators tense. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z One was an East Side tailor near me, who made only to order, while the other two turned out an expensive product with which I had no desire at all to compete. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z If the mother had expressed the determination to see that the guilty parties “must pay for this crime,” she would have expressed the sincere desires of the people of Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z This newspaper has every confidence that desired results would have been obtained by following that course. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And their dilemma was instantly this: he desired what he thought she had been, whereas she desired what she thought he had been. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow found himself looking away, not from revulsion, as he would have expected, but from a strange desire to give the girl some privacy. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He explored the angles of her collarbones and her hips, all the time willing his body and his mind to work better together, willing his desire to bypass his anxiety. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z To Arm, the world was a seething ocean of human desires that he tried to block out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that wanting, that desire, burning in my chest like a flame. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Even in fourth grade, middle-class children appeared to be acting on their own behalf to gain advantages. They made special requests of teachers and doctors to adjust procedures to accommodate their desires.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Her face glazed with tears, Hermione handed over her wand, and he left her sitting beside his bed, desiring nothing more than to get away from her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “You are docile today. Did your sister admonish you? She desires our approval very much.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Celia,” Marco sighs against her ear, filling her name with all the desire and frustration she feels herself, his breath hot on her neck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Black leaders were keenly aware of white Chicago’s postwar desire to return to the days of blacks being nearly invisible in the overall fabric of the city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The poems started out in the standard way, but once the Mellower got going, he added the desired compliments. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He seems to sense his words haven’t had the desired effect. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If Calixte did find his face lovely—which he found distinctly implausible, considering its centerpiece—there was nothing like attraction or desire behind it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her body was white and smooth, but it aroused no desire in him; indeed, he barely looked at it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It has to do with our desires and efforts to capture other people’s attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He saw how, one by one and ending with the gaze-hounds—who did not hunt by scent—the various hounds became uneasy and began to whimper with desire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We brought them Water, too; sensible that soon, they would be engaged in Mortal Battle, & would greatly desire even one Drop of what now flowed in Profusion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry felt angry with himself, guilty about his secret desire to hear his parents’ voices again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I laughed, deep, deep inside me, giddy with the delight of self-discovery and the desire to hide it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her of our desire to have the food improved and equalized and to have better clothing; the need for facilities for studying; our right to information such as newspapers; and many more things. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it because of the time she’d taken off, or the fact—as she was starting to realize—that she had no desire to tunnel into hard stories and bitter tragedies? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I understood only that my father enjoyed my practicing the motions, that it was an exercise of my servitude to him, the posture he desired. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgment of her situation. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z There was a war in the East, an Unseelie king with a lot of territory and no desire to bend his knee to the High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Seducing pubescent girls, as he had done “eight or nine” times in the last several years, did not disprove it, for if the truth were known, most real men had the same desires he had. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was exquisite, that push and pull, desire and restraint. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no desire to get beaten up or strung from a lamppost by my hair. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he had an odd desire to laugh at the grotesque thick boots. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z My stomach was all turned around, and I had no desire to eat, but I followed him in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z To his simple mind ordinary hunger, the desire to eat hobbits, had seemed the chief danger in Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The story told of how Kvothe had gone looking for his heart’s desire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, see, in the event—however unlikely—that your vaccine does not have the desired effect, and Othello there turns, I was wondering what your contingency plan is. Have you taken the vaccine yourself?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When we kiss, it overflows into a longer kiss and then a longer one and then a passionate, sink-down-in-the-seats kiss, and I feel a blanket of desire over me like I’ve never really felt before. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z During the month that he had known her the nature of his desire for her had changed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My desire to clean up skeletons in Joshua’s closet left Francis almost cold. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Forty years later his great-nephew Nicolas, whom Marcos did not live to see, unearthed the desire to fly that had always existed in the men of his lineage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z How we balance the tension between the short-term demands of our reptilian senses—run!—and our longer- term desires, goals, and commitments that we try to set with the more evolved parts of our brains. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This plan left a lot to be desired. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Harry planned his excursion carefully, because he had been caught out of bed and out-of-bounds by Filch the caretaker in the middle of the night once before, and had no desire to repeat the experience. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Though he was no friend, yet he was a fellow prentice, and I had no desire to see him run through. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He’d suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I have but one desire, to get away. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow the whole integration thing had even dulled my desire for daydreams about him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the desire to become a Runner was the only thing driving him on, helping him accept his predicament. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He had not stopped desiring her for a single instant. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was rather like a new garment that replaces an old: desired but not yet comfortable. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But with the first rays of sunlight I regained my desire to live. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fourth and last: The opening up of a new and intriguing world of words, songs and numbers gradually established in me a desire to learn more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She had always been able to sense the desire of men, but not Curt’s, not at first. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, sir, but I may be able to deliver that message to your desired party.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was no panic, it was true, but there was also no excitement—no desire. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In Greece alone in the ancient world people were preoccupied with the visible; they were finding the satisfaction of their desires in what was actually in the world around them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My greatest desire was to walk into Jack’s, sit down at the lunch counter, and order French fries with ketchup. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The marriage of princess and prince, both struck with love, would have proceeded unhindered — for my grandfather the King approved the match — had a prince of another kingdom not jealously desired my mother. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had a crazy desire to believe that there had been some mistake, that Floyd Lee had gotten them innocently, maybe buying them from the real thieves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “If you start out by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work toward getting it.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aye, uncle, and every man kens fine how you have tried. But that dinna alter the truth, that we both desire at heart she may come safe.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We had much in common; both of us were tall for our age, and we shared daydreams—our worship of Johnny Mathis and Nat Cole, and our desire to sing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Colin had no desire to shoot pigs—or anything else, for that matter. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Somewhere down the road, when they were older and less passionate, when their desire for one another had staled and worn out—then where would they be? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Booth weighed the risk of capture against his desire for food and rest. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are welcome to all my confidence that is worth having, Jane; but for God’s sake, don’t desire a useless burden! Don’t long for poison—don’t turn out a downright Eve on my hands!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "Then thank the gods that I am not Robert. My sweet queen is all the woman I desire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I have a ferocious desire to be older. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t say as much, they weren’t lovers, but I could tell he desired her, the way he was ushering her around with his paint-splattered hand clinging to the small of her back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It revealed hidden desires to the light of the new warm sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “This bowl had a great desire to become my hat,” she said. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But in republics, greater vitality, greater hatred, and greater desire for revenge exist. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The four years she had spent doing monotonous calculations on gust alleviation had only intensified the desire to drain every drop of knowledge she could from the engineers she worked with. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had heard people speak of mirages, and had already seen some himself: they were desires that, because of their intensity, materialized over the sands of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “As is often the case when you gain your heart’s desire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We told him a series of half-truths about why we were in Johannesburg, and that we greatly desired jobs in the mines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I desire contentment, I suppose I must learn to obey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "To their own personal afterlives, I suspect. Whatever was deepest in their hearts' desire, whether they knew it or not. What else could heaven be, Sik?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Werner laces his boots and sings the songs and marches the marches, acting less out of duty than out of a timeworn desire to be dutiful. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self—the great secret! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z But there are times when my temper overwhelms my desire to go unnoticed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “People here do not have a desire to investigate....Indeed, they ridiculed me for looking at anything else in the country except sugar.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One thousand married couples who desire to have three children each are tracked for ten years, during which time 800 of them, assume, do manage to produce three children. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The strength of this immutable desire saved her from the mediocrity and sadness of her fate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were alike as twins in their desire for favor with the king and with the ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Now out of the terror rose another desire, thick, urgent, blind. "Kill the beast! Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Even if I did, I have no desire to throw myself before people for their applause. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That year, its research in lightweight thermonuclear bombs came together with the navy’s urgent desire for a nuclear ballistic missile that could be launched from a forthcoming class of submarines with unprecedented range. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The synthetic music plant was working as they entered the hall and left nothing to be desired. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He skims over the contents, any emotional impact desired by the author failing miserably and finally. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She struggled between an overwhelming desire that one would kill the other, and a profound wish that she herself could die. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her charmspeak was so powerful, the words flowed over Annabeth, filling her with the desire to drop her dagger and have a nice long chat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Although their marriage was predicted from the time they had come into the world, when they expressed their desire to be married their own relatives tried to stop it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z My love of music, and my desire to study it, had been compatible with my idea of what a woman is. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Though I was curious to see her I had no desire to meet her--but I did. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As in the chapters on coincidence and pseudoscience, we see that the desire to filter and emphasize information is at odds with the desire to obtain a random sample. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No multitude of words could have been more significant than those moments of silence, or more pregnant with the first-felt throb- bings of desire. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z But where there is no desire and no shame no one, however anomalous, is singled out; and I think Asra made no connection of this notion with myself and my peculiarities. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z You may notice your fangs getting longer and you may have a sudden desire to devour human beings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When they were able to arrange a meeting, surmounting all of Blanca’s usual obstacles in addition to the new ones imposed by Pedro’s job, they would find themselves more full of anguish than desire. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Discreetly, she added, “I have definite reasons for making these statements and shall be glad to make a full explanation verbally, if you so desire.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The fact that I had arrived at my desired destination by lies made it less appealing to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I can give her cousin a respectful hearing, whatever he desires. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Although she weighed just ninety-one pounds, her sparrowlike proportions disguised a formidable resolve; to an astounding degree, Yasuko had been propelled up the mountain by the unwavering intensity of her desire. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Simply to be able to go outside during the day and take a walk when I desired was a moment of private glory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If all went well, one or two might glow with the desired translucent green; others would be duller or less clear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He felt the Ring on its chain, and quite unaccountably the desire came over him to slip it on and vanish out of the silly situation. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When he rides in to vanquish the untouched tribes, don’t you think they fall down with desire before those sky-colored eyes? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had yet to discover what destroyed that desire. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord Hamlet, it seems you see all women as deceivers, be they beautiful or ugly. Perhaps the fault lies in the man who trusts only his sight and is a slave to his base desire!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She had successfully made Pasiphaë see what she most desired. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Fear at the enormities of the forbidden kept her desires delicate, wire and bone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A desire to cover her foot with his hand and gently nibble away the itch from the calf with his teeth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She is confused about desire, and her own desirability. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes that desire would subside, and Taisin thought she might succeed in preventing her vision from happening, but then her feelings returned at the most unexpected moments. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jealousy we understood and thought natural—a desire to have what somebody else had; but envy was a strange, new feeling for us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The coaches questioned his work habits and desire, and they were hardly inspired by his background— from the Southside, living not with his parents but with his grandmother. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Arjun, tom between a desire to dash back and a craving to hear more from his father, teetered anxiously to and fro on his heels; but Nathan said no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged thought her very ugly, but he had a desire to please her, to win her admiration, that grew on him as they talked. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Go might, if he so desires, quit the Show Room and go into the Dark Room at the end of the hall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But he did not grieve about it; no, he even felt a great desire to laugh, to laugh at himself, to laugh at this strange foolish world! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps we would find that if we twelve men took the same tests, one or two of us might be discovered to have unconscious desires to kill, and the potentiality of carrying them out. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked faster, controlling my desire to break into a run. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hardly a couple of ounces of feathers and bones. But that bird can fly to Africa and back. Powered by bugs and worms and desire.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Link between us magnifies our emotions tenfold, and I fight for air, overwhelmed at the heat of his desire coursing through us—and my own responding passion rushing back to him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They wept, so great was their desire to stay, tasting forever the honey-sweet flowers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "At the moment, I cannot think of anyone whose company I desire less than yours." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He zealously implemented the reforms requested by Stone that furthered his own desire to remake the bureau into a modern force. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Let us speak instead of love, of dreams and desire and Daenerys, the fairest woman in this world. I am drunk with the sight of you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cadence displayed a disquieting desire to rid herself of all unnecessary possessions, even things of sentimental value, almost as if doing penance for past crimes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Her . pregnancy only seemed to have inflamed Drogo's desire for her, and of late his embraces left her exhausted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’d seen fire and desire, and my heart had thumped faster. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Yet the meeting had an amazingly formal structure of its own, a structure that went as deep as the desire of men to live together. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione were not the only ones who had been talking; the whole Hall had erupted in a buzz of conversation at the news that Snape had finally achieved his heart’s desire. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z All in all, I spent my time in an aimless, crushing sadness, consumed by an alternating dread and desire that I might be caught. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Each offering represents a dream, a desire, a longing. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Sonny has sworn to uphold Deborah’s desire to gain recognition for their mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He felt a similar physical pain when he desired her, and he would dream about being inside her, thrusting as deep as he could, to try and discover something that he knew he never would. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But Aureliano himself seemed to prefer the cloister of solitude and he did not show the least desire to know the world that began at the street door of the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Despite the midnight hour, I had no desire to go back to my room on Tennis Court Road, and happily I walked along the backs for over an hour. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She would sigh and murmur, as though her heart were half broken with her desire, “Ah me—ah me!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z This desire, this murderous need that sent my fingers curling inward, my nails cutting into my palms—it was everything ugly inside of Yakov, left to grow inside me like a thornbush. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘But I wish that he had come this way. I desired to tell Master Gimli that my tale is now thirty-nine.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “The inimitable Locke,” he answered, “saith that mankind is engaged in perpetual uneasiness, and that it is lack which motivates us forward. In our desires, we resemble the action of a two-legged table.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Everyone is overtaken by an intense desire to impose order. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Besides, he has long desired a peek inside the Lefèvre town house, which is something of a legend amongst his colleagues who work in interior design. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She thought of her desire that way, a thing floating away from her and vanishing safely into the water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "Ripe and ready," I tell Amit, and look into his face, letting him see the desire and acceptance and hope in my eyes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But you commanded me to name my desire.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia froze where they stood, staring at Dudley as though he had just expressed a desire to become a ballerina. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Each house consisted of two compartments, and each family at Lebrun’s possessed a compartment for itself, fitted out with all the essential paraphernalia of the bath and whatever other conveniences the owners might desire. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel tried to clear her mind and imagine the scene through Sciron’s eyes—what he desired, what he expected. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Get it over with, and then a furious desire not to die seized him and he struggled, hearing the old man wailing and cursing in his cracked voice. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I made certain requests I knew the authorities would never satisfy, such as our desire to be transferred to prisons nearer our homes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maurice and Willy Seeds gave more indication of being reasonable, but there was no certainty that this was anything more than a reflection of a desire not to agree with Rosy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He smiled--and suddenly there seemed to be a pleasant significance in having been among the last to go, as if he had desired it all the time. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a move astonished Spain and the Venetians and stopped them in their tracks, the latter out of fear and the former out of a desire to recover the entire Kingdom of Naples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, I had no desire to go near Lissa or the trailer. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there something that would guide him in his perplexities; but time was pressing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He instructed the black woman to either his astonishment was ago at once and inform Madame Lebrun that Mrs. Pontellier desired to see her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Three ways I own you. That makes you wholly mine. An instrument of my desire. You will do as I say.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were vocal about the petty individual wrongs they suffered, but they possessed no desire for a knowledge of the picture as a whole. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good. These are the puzzle pieces. You can spell words with them. If you spell the right one, I will give you your heart’s desire.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And his fear is one he cannot even be sure is generous; perhaps mere desire that his name and fame live on. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Birdie and Mae left such things up to me, and I had no desire to spend time indoors with others when I could be roaming the hills on my own. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But he certainly didn’t desire that an army invade the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems you obtained what you desired enough to kill for. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And there’s nothing wrong with him desiring that again, is there? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She recognizes the unmistakable signs of a flashback: a woman at a window, a woman with a past, with memory and desire and wreckage in her heart. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He bought with it the desire of his heart. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I decided that my wild and irrational desire was merely a vagrant impulse, and that it would not occur again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "And that will be just as Lord Tywin desires. Even terror has its purpose, Cat. Lannister wants to provoke us to battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly I feared the coming oblivion, and a desperate desire to stay awake seized me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For the first time in human experience, people now had watertight containers readily available in any desired shape. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We knew that a gray, foggy smear of invisible vuvv was everywhere around us, watching, peering at us, checking our eyes for a hint of boredom or anger or failed desire. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So I might set aside Hrothgar’s whole kingdom and all his thanes if I did not, for sweet desire’s sake, set limits to desire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Something was no longer in him, something that had accompanied him right through his youth and was part of him: this was the desire to have teachers and to listen to their teachings. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I have no desire to go back there. Ever. Full of whale stink. Everything too fast. Too crowded.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘Hippias’s bitterness. My ambition. And you, Iros. What has drawn you here? What does a beggar most desire? Perhaps a home?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She could feel the desire burning in her chest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Such a relationship—based on sensual desire—is loathsome. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Leo felt a strange desire to smack Spike with a hammer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was the teasing and impossible desire to imitate the petty pride of sparrows wallowing and flouncing in the red dust of country roads. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, I have met only a very few people—and most of these were not Americans—who had any real desire to be free. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It seemed to me in the beginning that none of the white people around us had any desire or reason to change. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had to hide their desires behind a veneer of respectability. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The first impression forced on me was that permanence is neither achieved nor desired by mobile people. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were financed by a multimillionaire and backed by many influential politicians. It was a compelling idea, to return to the past. It also appealed to a desire to preserve the spirit of Africa.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That he made the mistake of entertaining an evil desire and that desire gave birth to sin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It’s not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand, that motivates them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But they never get to be the hot woman, beautiful and desired and all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “If that is what you desire. I will wait with them.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Even from the distance of the park, I can see the desire on him as he drives in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t hurt her by saying that I had no desire to see either New York or my sister. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the goal of all of them, yearning, desiring, suffering; and the river’s voice was full of longing, full of smarting woe, full of insatiable desire. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The slightest effort, hardly more than desire, tired me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is because . . . because if you ask it ... it is no longer a wish but a selfish desire,” said Amah. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he unintentionally sniffed up some of the mist, he had the strangest desire to tie a knot. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z What we now think of as the essence of Sesame Street — the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults — grew out of a desperate desire to be sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need not test desire and we know you have sufficient motive to deliver the death blow,” Yeste said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I felt no sympathy, no desire to accept hers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “What if I told you that there was a place where there are extraordinary things, things with great power, things that could give you your heart’s desire, things much bigger than this small, small world?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Since you are here, I desire to return these remembrances to you.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Reading of these monks, one is moved by their courage, their reckless innocence, and the urgency of their desire. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And anything else that this Rider of Rohan may desire, if it can be found in Minas Tirith, where his name is in honour.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Before evening of that day he reached a large town and he was glad, because he had a desire to be with people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Pedro Tercero still had trouble reading, but his curiosity and desire accomplished what his schoolmistress had been unable to do with all her canings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was any angst about school, it was over the number of girls who desired to spend at least some part of their lives with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than Mary I had no friends and desired none. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s why I ultimately decided to take my brother’s advice and start a business that would satisfy not only my desire for affordable modest fashion, but thousands of other women’s desires as well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Once I am wed it will be high treason to desire me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That is the desire I have read over and over in these essays. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Since the chauffeur was sick they assigned him to take them and Meme was finally able to satisfy her desire to sit next to the driver and see what he did. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Royal Brougham’s interest in what Al Ulbrickson was thinking was far from casual—much more than just a desire to fill out his daily column with yet another terse Ulbrickson quote. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Their actions were motivated more by a desire to eclipse the ANC than to defeat the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And with that discovery grew a desire to see them more closely. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe that once her pain diminishes, she will desire to eat again and then recover her strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A “horizontal desire,” coveting a neighbor’s goods, has been replaced by a “vertical desire,” coveting the goods of the rich and the powerful seen on television, Schor said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I believe that Andy has the ability—he just needs the desire to get it together. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it romantic—the desire for something you could never have? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was on his way to a lecture, but he had a minute, if they would hurry inside and tell him what they desired.... The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally there were the revolted elements of his own character—his strange desire for purity and honour and spiritual excellence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is little others can do to keep us from our hearts’ desires.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z One of her weaknesses was a desire to move in ‘our best society’, without being quite sure what the best really was. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if I had to fence against one of them in competition, I didn’t suspend my desire to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When the words came out of her they seemed to hang in the air in a cloud of desire, and the texture of them surprised even Ash. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no desire to look more like the goddess of despair than she already did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I also think speed is no longer his desire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Again he had behaved rudely to one whose friendship he most desired. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But that desire did not stem from humanitarian motives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like everyone else by this time, Achelous had no desire to fight him and he tried to reason with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pushing aside the desire to giggle about being touched by Javier, Moss gulped and answered him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I sure desire one. I just went through hell.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is the eternal urge of desire establishing the purposes of all creatures. He is an infinite patience, a tender care that nothing in the universe be vain.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra could feel his desire to be there among them, but all the time her nerves were screaming: On! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I felt a relentless desire to ask people to verify whether they were seeing what I was seeing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Unlike Pita, who was still playing with the rake, Juanita, the twins, and I had no desire to expend any more energy than we already had. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It did not satisfy desire, and at times Sam’s mind was filled with the memories of food, and the longing for simple bread and meats. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z For the moment he had forgotten everything else but the red fury in his brain and the desire to kill Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z What is this desire and wanting that you speak of? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘You lived your life in a loving way, and died with dignity. I can now grant you any wish you desire.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What care or safeguard is there when the consequences of one’s act are hidden from one’s thankful eyes, and the woman is one of many, soft, desired, lost, forgotten! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And something in that desire made her realize how far she had drifted from that first flush of excitement with Jennifer. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And then, on top of all that, you for a mate, and children, perhaps—what more can the heart of a man desire? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, his deceptions always succeeded to his heart’s desire, since he knew this aspect of the world very well. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The sting from my loss to Cecilia had transformed into a burning desire for revenge. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Above all, he learned from it how to listen, to listen with a still heart, with a waiting, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinions. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know how the original sounds, but this guy's howler-monkey a cappella rendition of it leaves a lot to be desired. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I had no desire to teach, so I sold our house and moved into Anne’s store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Her desires parade through my mind like a series of télétrope images—each more complex than the next. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It is not moved by want, it is not a blade of grass to be bent by the wind of your hopes and desires. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Desire made me cross over to the other side, desire and the facticity of my body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The correlation between expectation and delivery of desire could no doubt be quantified into some kind of mathematical formula. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I told you, most of those human desires are there, just hidden behind more powerful desires.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The pain is a distant throb to my desire to do a little sickle work across Bill’s face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z From that day forward I lived with this double impulse: the urge to disappear and the desperate desire to be acceptable. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z These details did not help him, for the principle of their unity was undiscoverable, and he could not tell what he most passionately desired to know: whether his face was ugly or not. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Tea ready, I was going to approach the table; but she desired me to sit still, quite in her old peremptory tones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She’d never been a touchy-feely person, but she had the strangest desire to drape her cloak over Nico’s shoulders and tuck him in. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Angela had neither the time nor the desire for a social life what with studying, her weekly shopping date with Sydelle, and Sundays spent helping Crow and Otis in the soup kitchen. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the irrational desire to wrap his hands around Frank’s neck, which was stupid, since his hands wouldn’t even fit around Frank’s neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It occurred to me then that for the first time in as long as I could remember, I had absolutely no desire to log back into the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He looked down and was completely filled with a desire to let himself go and be submerged in the water. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have no desire to have things turn unpleasant. So I am asking you, kindly, to get me what I asked for.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was overwhelmed by a desire not so much to get away from Julia as to get back to the Chestnut Tree Cafe, which had never seemed so attractive as at this moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On one hand she had no desire to see those people again outside of class. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But man can and does select the variations given to him by Nature, and thus accumulate them in any desired manner. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They would give themselves over to the worship of their bodies, discovering that the rest periods of love had unexplored possibilities, much richer than those of desire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Call me naive, but I seem to have underestimated the universal desire to sit in a hard plastic chair and stare at a screen until your eyes cross. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Still, I have no desire to take back my words because finally, finally, I have said something she’s listening to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Each time one ignited, a horrible thrill went through her - fear, panic, but also a strong desire to get closer to the flames. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She seemed to have no desires of her own ... or perhaps her wishes were those of her husband’s. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But he had to stand here until that picture came back, that motive, that driving desire to escape the law. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z L’Hôpital was so enthralled by the new mathematics that he persuaded Bernoulli to send him all Bernoulli’s new mathematical discoveries for the marquis to use as he desired, in return for cash. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There is no limit to desire but desire’s needs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Our desires reveal us. They show us for who we really are. Someone has come for you, Jason Grace.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My father did not reply, but continued to stand there silently, neither demanding disembarkation nor offering any clue as to his desires or intentions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I do not doubt your earnest desire to love God, Ophelia. But you come here not in freedom, but bound in spirit.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Pity your brother, for he is a man of great desires and disappointments.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Cold fear was in Pippin’s heart, yet at the same time he was wondering what use he could make of Grishnákh’s desire. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “All that and any other penance you desire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I couldn't explain myself to anyone because I was only full of excited urges and notions and desires, kind of like the Hulk before he transforms. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z At first this message had its desired unsettling effect. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as she fussed and fumed about my wicked desires, I kept my expression pleasant, the same as 1 did in the halls of Central High in order to avoid expulsion. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Forbid her anything and it became her heart's desire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Anatole explained it this way: Like a princess in a story, Congo was born too rich for her own good, and attracted attention far and wide from men who desire to rob her blind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She respected Vic’s desire to be who he needed to be, but at the same time had a difficult time giving up the fact of having a daughter for the fact of having a son. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She sensed the true dimensions of my desire, and it scared her. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Before they reached their desired haven, however, a long time passed, and much happened which if they had known beforehand might have checked their eagerness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I am horrified by my own impulse to bend my knee to him, my own desire to let him touch my head with a ringed hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “There was a question just now, Mr. Jaggers, which you desired me to waive for a moment. I hope I am doing nothing wrong in asking it again?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Jam could feel how thinly Pet’s patience was drawn, how sharp its desire was. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Around the time of the riddle lottery, Aureliano Segundo began waking up with a knot in his throat, as if he were repressing a desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I had no real desire to waste my time throwing balls at bottles to win cheap prizes, but Audrey refused to let me spend another Friday night wallowing alone in my room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But Athena had no desire now to let the suitors restrain themselves from wounding words and acts. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple had no desire to meet her now, rank with defeat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And through the Link, I can sense his earnestness, his burning ambition to do right, his desire to prove it to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She knew that they were no more human than the woman she had seen in her kitchen on the day of the hunt, but this time, she did not have any desire to ask questions. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell whether my worrying was legitimate or came from my desire to rest. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z All of these expressions, but especially 0/0, could take on any value you desire them to have, depending on the functions you put in the numerator and denominator. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Although lexicographers have neither the desire nor the power to prevent linguistic conventions from changing, this does not mean, as purists fear, that they cannot state the conventions in force at a given time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And, even more to the point: The players never know when they will get a payoff, a feeling of satisfaction, a fulfilled desire. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They have worries, aims, desires, that I cannot comprehend. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole time I know him, I have two overwhelming desires: to hug him and to give him a napkin. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires, and I knew that first I had to get myself definitely out of that tangle back home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The desire for a quick and easy method of killing unwanted plants has given rise to a large and growing array of chemicals that are known as herbicides, or, less formally, as weed killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Their teachers had announced it back in January, and everyone squealed and started whispering, and Ivy had just sat there in homeroom, feeling weird because she had no desire to squeal or whisper. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “We are your servants,” the voices said, “ready to do whatever you desire.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We blacks haven’t the slightest desire to drive you back into the sea,” I said, measuring each word carefully. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z John reached for her arm, more as a test of her temper than a touch of desire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When he brought it up, Naomi had felt torn between her desire to stay away from Henry and her interest in seeing the film that, according to Tommie, would make anybody with a heart cry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was never my desire to be a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And somehow, putting Kelton at the center of my effort helps me overcome my own desire to drop where I stand. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Caught out in the storms and weather, I had an urgent desire to return to my tree, even as The Baron Weasel returned to his den, and the deer to their copse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My desperate desire to leave South Africa led me to start taking risks, to allow people to use me to my advantage. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was glad that this was happening, but he had no physical desire. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She never dates—no time or desire—but if she did, she says it’d be an even distribution of the intern pool. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Like moonlight stealing under a window shade an idea insinuated itself: his earlier desire to see his own face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She knew as soon as the light was gone and their eyes readjusted they’d begin their search, and she had no desire to be around for that. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “As you wish. Yes, you may bathe if that is your desire. Thank you for your help.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But there were new worries, because there was new hope, and desire, and...and love, and those were neither familiar nor dull. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But at the last minute, struggling against an equally powerful desire to keep it, she slid it back beneath her tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He kisses me—a hungry kiss, unyielding in its desire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then and there I lost my desire to ride the beautiful horses. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z How about: she hid the unconscious desire to expose herself to him behind a show of temper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She studies me for a moment, then nods as if she understands my desire for privacy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z How could I tell the queen that it was her son I desired? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His brutality early killed all of her latent desires. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of his computer is something from George Bernard Shaw: Dance is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I could feel my face moving, betraying my desire to remain unaffected. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation—a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have no desire to see the poor girl in such an unpleasant state.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But no, there was no mistaking Becton's sincerity—or his sanity or intelligence—even if his desire to meet formally with the gun-toting leader of the Durham Klan struck C.P. as foolhardy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We are all united, not only in our desire to pay our respects to Diana but rather in our need to do so. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z And though he desires her as much as ever, he is relieved when they are through, lying naked side by side, knowing that nothing else is expected of them, that finally they can relax. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The cubs had no desire to fight or kill each other. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Much as I desire the suffrage,” she wrote, “I would rather never vote than to see the policy of our government at the mercy of the religious bigotry of such women.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But there was more to the planters’ outrage than a desire to silence one outspoken Indian. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He’d never had any desire to use the place before, but now he shared it with Hazel, which made all the difference. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The medicine should have produced the desired boy, shouldn’t it?” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He found it difficult to think; he really had no desire to, but he forced himself. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I am ashamed of my own reluctance, my lack of desire; but the truth is that I would be terrified to get into bed with a woman. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Forget justice, for you have what you desired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He had no desire to doubt again; he did not want to hear anything that would deflect him from his purpose. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Turner wished with a desire greater than anything he had ever desired that he might understand what it was in the eye of the whale that shivered his soul. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He had no desire for me, but it was his fear that made me think he had no desire for any woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This was where the senator preferred to hold his meetings, weave his intrigues, forge his deals, and, in his lonely hours, closet himself to release his rage, his frustrated desire, or his sorrow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Most families desire to be a matched set. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Every so often, Yakov would look at me or say something in a certain way, and I’d have the suspicion that he could see my desire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z An American author named Frank Scoblete once wrote that slot machines “sit there like young courtesans, promising pleasures undreamed of, your deepest desires fulfilled, all lusts satiated.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I had no desire to ever read in public again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Hundreds of eyes were looking at them, shining with desire. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the gang of organized boosters, who would deliver, to order, in one day, C.O.D., any kind of garment you desired. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers tingled with the desire to play. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My wardrobe left something to be desired at the start of ninth grade. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Your blood is the last thing I desire." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Because at heart he felt he did not have the guts, or maybe even the desire, to put his money where his mouth was. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have no desire for power, no taste for politics, and no skill in base flattery.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Marigold wouldn’t have believed it for a second if she didn’t feel the overwhelming desire to hock a loogie right that very moment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Driven by the desire for gold, Columbus would make two more trips. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z There had been the politeness of his marriage, the elaborate courtesy of the double bed, he had suffered from the cold gap between his permitted behaviour, and his desires. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z "If you see here anything that you would desire, O most beautiful of women, you have only to speak and it is yours," Xaro called down from his ornate homed saddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was persuaded only with difficulty, for the new policy frustrated his restless desire of power after power. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes grew wide to hear him renounce all desire for the throne unjustly seized by Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mom says, “After you told us about your desire to take a creative writing class, we thought it was perfect. We hope you like it!” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Healthy, strong tykes were valuable; properly trained, they could contribute to family needs and would be greatly desired. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Holding is not enough. They’re coming after us, raiding our homes for lead and our stores for anything they desire.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if beauty is terror,” said Julian, “then what is desire? We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z These were my people, and I had no right and no desire to deny myself to them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not this kind of club, to put it lightly. I have no desire to go back there.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we’d learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I got distracted by the noise of the crowd as I felt their desire for me to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Having no desire to renew our conflict, I merely nodded. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “He was trying to force you into a bargain. He’d give you your heart’s desire, but you would be bound to him forever. And I can tell you that’s not a good proposition.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Jackson further parlayed the desire of the packers and other manufacturing business owners to win the hearts and minds of their black employees, setting up a host of company-sponsored social groups. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My desire to do so was precisely the measure of how much I remained an academic. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an admission of her desire, a revealing of it, and it surprised her to the root of her being. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Richard did not try to explain his desire to see Nigeria to Aunt Elizabeth, but he did accept Susan’s offer to show him around. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All these plants and animals and fungi were being sacrificed to our needs and desires. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The longer he knelt there, scrubbing away tediously with his glum companion, the more he desired to raise his chunk of sandstone and bring it down with a crack on Nebre’s head. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was going to Halifax and the cold turn the weather had taken and his insufficient clothing made him desire a trip to the tropic Sugar Isles above all else. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I smiled to see her and ate the food she brought, I did not satisfy her desire for conversation, so she soon left again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My hopes and desires and sympathies right heartily and most firmly, go with you. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z So for him to say No one desires evil is about more than just challenging the obvious fact that plenty of people desire evil. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z And the thought of it lying there waiting for him, rich with the spring rains, filled him with desire. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “We have no desire to press charges. With your permission, Captain, I shall take Katherine home.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Moving as if animated with destructive desire, it gurgled down the backstretch, banked around the far turn, bore out in the homestretch, and mowed down the entire grandstand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The isolation must be their desire; I couldn’t imagine any door that wouldn’t be opened by that degree of beauty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They had no desire to stay in what they considered a hostile land. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But how to fit the Commander into this, as he exists in his study, with his word games and his desire, for what? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But with Daisy near him there was a strong desire in him that would not go away with study. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But even in the midst of it, buried inside the desire to feel nothing and be nothing, was an even stronger desire. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Just an intense feeling of fatigue, an overwhelming desire to crawl into bed and burrow beneath the comforter like a cat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no peril here, or desire for escape. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Turning to the other qualities mentioned above, let me say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel; nevertheless, he must take care not to use such mercy badly. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “It is to me. I’m overcome with a desire for snacks.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If you read and consider it carefully, you will discover in it my most heartfelt desire that you may attain the greatness that Fortune and all your own qualities promise you. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In my brother’s eyes I saw violent desire that dims the light of reason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And there I was, full of promise and hope and desire for real love and real events to shape and change my life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He liked Penny, he pitied Penny, he even admired Penny in a way, but he did not desire her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Williams replied that she did not wish to at present, given the hostilities; but that Pro Bono desired to as soon as they might. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But what they desired most of all, of course, was not to be associated with Count Olaf in any way whatsoever. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Siddhartha became impatient at losses, he lost his patience with slow-paying debtors, he was no longer kindhearted to beggars, he no longer had the desire to give gifts and loans to the poor. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z But the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Rawlson was through, Max said that he had no desire to examine her or any of the State’s witnesses. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Though Pask has been lucky this far, he may find it difficult to obtain the kind of skilled work he desires. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z As he put it, “Public schools reflect a community’s desires, feelings, dreams,” and nowhere did those dreams unfold more powerfully than they did on a football held. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And he needed the education that Florence desired far more than he, and that she might have got if he had not been born. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He had no desire to study in the big city of Kolkata. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Shirley had no desire to read the small print and whispered, “I hear footsteps.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I know that you share this desire. It’s in your voice, your mannerisms. On that night you came to my house, I could see the way you looked at him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It looked a lovely face enough, and when compared with the real head in chalk, the contrast was as great as self-control could desire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The test result does not have the desired effect of making me feel absolved or even clean. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe fear and desire ran along the same tracks in her body, but she refused to confuse Wash’s giving with Henry’s taking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I had a personal desire to beat the Communists,” he explained later. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Thus, European potters had to reinvent Chinese manufacturing methods for themselves, but they were stimulated to do so by having models of the desired product before them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As a result, I threw myself into my schoolwork the next day, since I have little desire to still be a freshman when I’m fourteen or fifteen. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Since Lord Ashton’s time was devoted to some important business in town, it was Miss Penelope Lumley who increasingly found herself on the receiving end of her mistress’s desire to chat. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He understood my desire to have at least one year of college where I could focus on something besides fencing and my classes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I have never seen cotton growing and have no desire to do so. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My appetite has returned with my desire to fight back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But he had no desire to be the center of a controversy like the one Vestiges had started. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, driven more by thirst than by any desire to return home, she gathered a bundle of wood—to mollify Aunt Chipo—and trudged back to the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Elton’s absence just at this time was the very thing to be desired. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z As historical sources, colonial reports leave much to be desired. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He felt no longer either desire or need of sleep, but rather of watchfulness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Surely he must be experiencing a remorse sufficiently profound to summon a desire for God’s mercy and forgiveness? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And so it went, until at last a single squawk produced the desired response. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It was like an illness, she thought, or an enchantment: these feelings that cloaked everything in a fog of desire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It is desired that clearance be issued for the employment of Robert Oppenheimer without delay,” ordered Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She never bothered to find out when a train was due, she simply sat in the station and waited until a train came which was going in the direction she desired. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no desire to cry in front of them, or ask questions, or give them even the smallest glimpse into her brain. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her husband’s success—that was what she desired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He doesn’t sound like the boy who kissed me, sick with desire, just hours ago. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Their expressions shifted, and Pinmei watched their shock transform into desire. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It would make him conscious of the desire to live on the part of his prey. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You have no faith in my sister’s abilities to twist things to suit her desires.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even you can become the object of desire; out here you have a faint resemblance to home; your rooms, full of the smell of stale food, sleep, smoke, and clothes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “You seem to think that the Ministry does not desire what you—what Dumbledore—desired. We ought to be working together.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Feeling lurks in that interval of time between desire and its consummation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the end, his desire to build eugenics into a “national religion” outweighed his qualms about negative eugenics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z My sort desires greatly your daughter’s hand, something like that. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Your Honor, I have no desire to be disrespectful to this Court, but I must be honest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Not particularly poetic, but it had the desired effect. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But her eyes were full of something more than simple desire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She spoke without the desire or envy she used to feel when speaking of the wealth of others. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “The king desires his own men about him when he holds court.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That night he could not sleep, thinking about the girl, with a mixture of desire and pity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He desired her calmly, initiating her into the most secret and most ancient of sciences. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The desire to reach the goal, even if it made no sense to anyone else. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Because I didn’t notice what was in here this morning. And I wanted to make sure we had exactly what we desired.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In the straining darkness I felt his body moving with desire, his hands on me were trembling, and I felt my senses opening like a flower to his urgency. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will pay five hundred pieces of gold for my desires,” said the big-shouldered noble. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Towards it they now hurried desiring only to find a fire, and a door between them and the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You hear that desire to work. And you want to crush her by retiring her. Gus, please. Get help. You’re going to end badly.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no desire to share the fate of Galileo, with whom I feel a strong sense of identity, partly because of the coincidence of having been born exactly 300 years after his death! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I am home, Budgie wants to be out of his cage, a desire he makes known by squawking or, what is far worse, by pacing dementedly. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With these words, a holy stamp was set on our desires. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His desire to become a Runner had taken a major blow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Her mother explained it to me this way: she said that no one felt strong enough to spend his life protecting her from other men’s desire. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the visit also revived a desire in Galileo to return to Tuscany for the latter part of his life, preferably with a court appointment that would free him from any lecturing duties. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I finished talking about my desire to work in international law and how a job at this firm would be the perfect gateway into that field. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I kept telling myself that the sweating palms, the tightness in my chest, the desire to put my arms around her were merely biochemical reactions. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z That would be like the prince charging up to the maiden’s tower, so mad with desire that he forgets his sword and is slain by the dragon before even getting near her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But night after night, Gertrude and I spent an hour or more in such devotions, reading tales of love and desire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He looked down at her for a moment, pale, pained, desiring, and ashamed of his desire. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In North America this kind of warfare was fueled by the desire to seek not just a military victory but also the complete annihilation of Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She still wasn’t speaking with her parents, and her desire to prove her independence to her family in Jordan drove her to work even harder. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She knew firsthand how high the stakes were in Odessa, how “goin’ to State” was not something merely desired but demanded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z How sure I always felt before, how smug, moving through a world that desired to cast me into the den of ear-pulling Crawleys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A backwash of restlessness and desire overcame him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He had an overwhelming desire to be alone; he walked to the middle of the next block and turned into an alley. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z During all of this trouble, I maintained my desire for challenge and continued to take the most advanced courses offered at Middleton High School. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His manners left a great deal to be desired. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The madam was broad-minded and modern, adept in the trajectories of human desire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “They propose an outdoor exhibit of their temples and, as has been usual, they desire space on the wooded island,” Burnham wrote in February 1892. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “This is why my desire has been so great for you to see these sheets,” he said. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The knock would come at the door; I’d open, with relief, desire. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The story was clever enough to have had by itself, in all probability, the desired effect; but Poseidon, the most bitter of all the gods against Troy, contrived an addition which made the issue certain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She held him off but could not deny that Mudgett aroused within her an intensity of desire that colored her dreams. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Mistress, you can see that I have no desire to do what my father wants me to do. But you aren’t giving me a choice, either.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Seeing him working so hard to move us forward made me realize I was not alone in my desire to have more freedom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Amari made the introductions, telling him briefly of their adventures on the journey and their desire to stay there as a place of refuge. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z To her, each shot seemed to impel him forward, the reverse of her desire; and for him, the closer he got to her, the more she shot him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It tortured him at sundown to tear away from the pageant before him, the mesmerizing dance between commerce and desire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Boiling with anger at Snape, his desire to do something desperate and risky had increased tenfold in the last few minutes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The desire to not die had never been so piercing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Normally, the type specimen of a species is the first set of bones found, but since no first set of Homo sapiens bones exists, there was a vacancy, which Cope desired to fill. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It seemed to reach through her—within her—and smothered the flame of that desire until all that remained was a hard, hot little ember. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jealousy had left him years ago when physical desire for Mae left him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved away from this more quickly than they desired but before embarrassment overtook them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I confess that I have absolutely no desire to be like Margot. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I spent most of my time in a state of repentance for things I had vividly desired to do but had not done. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The salesman, who was close to Hale, admitted that he had no proof of the debt and that he had simply desired his commission. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It had always been his wish and desire to be a big voice and he had to live nearly thirty years to find a chance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Defeated by those practices of consolation, José Arcadio Buendía then decided to build the memory machine that he had desired once in order to remember the marvelous inventions of the gypsies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Yet I feel my desire for life like a rope knotted and coiled within me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At the core of my soul is the desire to punch him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you so desire Ah’ll tell ’em what you tell me to tell ’em.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She knew how much Polly yearned to escape from the kitchen—her desire to move on and her distaste for the work of slaves were very apparent. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you not share the desire of so many young ladies who wish to be his bride?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He is aware that together he and Moushumi are fulfilling a collective, deep-seated desire—because they’re both Bengali, everyone can let his hair down a bit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The very desire of it corrupts the heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Are your last desires written here? This is your seal—yours who will never more smile up at me.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had absolutely no desire to find out what was making that sound, so he figured that must be the way to go. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It did not occur to him that all the world might not desire such delicacies as two pounds of pork and six ounces of beef and a small pond fish. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If only we had some true friends, some who saw us as more than convenient tools for shaping their own desires! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry that your experience with the Ruh has left something to be desired,” I said carefully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The wind picked up; the fire responded with a surge of desire. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Wilkins later maintained that the photograph had been given to him by Gosling, Franklin’s student—and therefore it was his to do with what he desired. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We have to choose between our desire to eat meat and allowing the suffering of animals to continue. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He was not bored; he had no desire for conversation or distraction. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A new anxiety was created in me by my desire to leave quickly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The crouching shape backed away, terror in its blinking eyes, and yet at the same time insatiable desire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z To the seaside they went, after much discussion, and though Beth didn’t come home as plump and rosy as could be desired, she was much better, while Mrs. March declared she felt ten years younger. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z For these two people who don’t know me from a bar of soap to invest themselves in my semi-irrational desire to find out what happened to my childhood hero? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He was tense with desire, but as long as he knew that Bessie was standing there in the room, he kept it from his mind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They supported Chief Buthelezi’s desire to retain Zulu power and identity in a new South Africa by preaching to him the doctrine of group rights and federalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt an intense desire for the woman, but it was a desire that turned to disgust after a minute or two. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “She must feel very lonely without her son,” said Edna, desiring to change the subject. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z He who was too gregarious, who spoke too much and too ardently desired the company of others, their conversation and their laughter, did not have what life required. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I can feel his breath, making the tiny hairs stand up, making me shudder with an odd combination of desire and discomfort. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He meant that if we're defined by our desires, I was in for a lifetime of trouble. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I am torn between sympathy and a desire for his life to have been as miserable as possible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps, people being the conundrums that they are, and having so little desire to shoulder the burden of their lives, this is what will always happen. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The combination of heat and thwarted desire made him nasty. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Seemingly hatred and desire for revenge do not last long. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Even now she was only reflecting old desires of Cilia’s. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She rode for many days through the deepest parts of the Wood, and at last, driven by her desire to claim Rois’s heart, she found the crystal gates leading to Taninli. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All I could think of was that in his desire to conserve gasoline, he wanted me to ask him each time I used it, and let him know what for. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The motivation for him to change his mind, they felt, was a desire to appease a constituency whipped into a frenzy over high school football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And he began to see that there might be some sense in that last line about getting your heart’s desire and getting despair along with it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Those who desire to be purified cannot be refused and the black stain of his guilt had grown fainter and fainter through his years of lonely wandering and pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike my mother, Aunt Sonia has no desire to live in India again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Between meals, a ring for the porter would bring anything the heart desired, and late at night, the athletes raided the galley. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And he likely had access to the intelligence the United States desired most: information about the USSR's nuclear missile program. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no money whatsoever in the city’s budget for such costly endeavors, plus no desire to undertake them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Most Americans are staring across a widening income gap between themselves and the very rich, making such vertical desire all the more unrealistic. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It too was an unnecessary effort because Meme had no desire to intervene in her father's affairs and if she had, it would certainly have been in favor of the concubine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This achieved the desired result, blocking the treaty, while avoiding a frontal assault on executive power. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I had a desire to bolt past her through the door, dive out the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If a highly poisonous herbicide such as arsenic has been used, this intense desire to reach the wilting vegetation inevitably has disastrous results. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I'm even more tired and hungry than when I got off the train, and I’ve no desire to get pummeled like poor Jackson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I checked into the hospital with a feeling of dread, but with a desire to see the pages of the calendar fly by, so that I could see what was going to happen to me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he just fueled my desire to succeed even more. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There surged in her the desire to heave, but as always, she knew she would not. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized too late, from the blood spattered on her dress, that the young girl was a virgin, but neither Pancha’s humble origin nor the pressing demands of his desire allowed him to reconsider. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Skills: Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I marvel how she led me to understand that it was not marriage to Christ that I desired, but sisterhood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z What has not changed, however, is a child’s innate desire to be musical, make music, and learn from it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Until a few months ago, I had never been face-to-face with someone who truly had the desire to hurt me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z So long as any part of the supply dump still stands we don’t worry, we desire nothing better than to stay here till the end of the war. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Except the desire shredding me up inside was so painful, it could only be a part of my heart and soul. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “You are but a child! You know nothing of a queen’s desires,” she said bitterly, thrusting me away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I had no desire to destroy myself even if it destroyed the machine; I wanted freedom, not destruction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Two fingers meant desire for a longer stay. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him to forbear question or remark; I desired him to leave me: I must and would be alone. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It would have been too telling a gesture—to admit the desire for sensation, the body, my body. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breeziness was forced, laid on thickly, and Ifemelu felt burdened with guilt, and with a desire to overcompensate. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I do not desire to serve,” he told the judge. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Not indeed that prize which Saruman desires above all else, but at the least two members of my Company, sharers of a secret hope, of which even to you, lord, I cannot yet speak openly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “One last favor, Percy Jackson. I cannot leave Mrs. O’Leary alone. And she has no desire to return to the Underworld. Will you care for her?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Emma could not have desired a more spirited rejection of Mr. Martin’s prose. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But she always answered with a great thankfulness, “You are kind to me and more I do not desire of any man.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Each of us was hearing increasingly negative responses to her desire to do so. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt, again, that crushing desire to cry, and she took a deep breath, hoping it would pass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It began with a concealed uneasiness and a desire to offend each other in small details, but it grew until it filled the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered that more than desire and feeling were necessary to write and I dropped the idea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it wasn’t a fulfillment of her duty as an Abnegation—maybe it came from a desire to help people like the ones she had left. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was partly because of our complaining, and the desire to show us how the Spartan boy would have had his tonsils out, that Dad decided to have only a local anesthetic for his operation. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But even those were wicked, so when they called on Lord Tehlu for help he felt no desire to aid them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was a woman who had known desire, and who had danced upon the knolls by Lake Champlain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After all, didn’t all fathers in their secret hearts harbor a desire to kill their sons? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Fond as he was of Frodo, Fatty Bolger had no desire to leave the Shire, nor to see what lay outside it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When I listened to their requests for money, I wondered if I could ever desire as much from this land. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And worse, somewhere, circling and flitting around that dread, was another awful feeling: nothing makes you feel more naked than someone identifying a desire you never knew you possessed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The idea that Lefty, who shared her eyes and eyebrows, who slept in the bed beside hers, could be possessed by such a desire had never occurred to Desdemona before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This room, small and cramped, sat at the rear of a house unfamiliar to Candice, a house in Lambert, South Carolina, a city she had no desire to be living in. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For every object of desire, another will soon come along to trump it, fueling aspirations even more. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He did not tell Gandalf, but as he was speaking a great desire to follow Bilbo flamed up in his heart — to follow Bilbo, and even perhaps to find him again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter had no attention to spare for it, because the shadow beside her was trembling with desire, and she had to keep him by her side, under what control she could manage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Only the oversized, brown webbed feet left something to be desired in their design. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He poured out on her the sum of all his inarticulate fury and aborted desires. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he remembered this, that Lotus had known of his son’s desire to go away, and how had she known? The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Part of his desire for privacy may have been attributable to his readings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In fact, one has to accept the distinct possibility that one may have previously - perhaps through wishful thinking of a professional kind - exaggerated what evidence there was regarding such a desire on her part. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z If a piece of jewelry or a building ornament was to proclaim its owner's status, as the Inka desired, it needed to shine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My classmates, motivated by a desire to “save” me, pestered me until I all but reached the breaking point. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Endangering off-spring in order to draw in the actual desired target, the parent. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "I don't think you do, actually. You said you would give me whatever I desire." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The desire felt so strong I had to grip the windowsill to keep me in my place. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But even in her silence Johnny could detect something of her desire for drama. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the prisoner had convinced himself that the young men, possibly motivated by a desire for adventure, meant to help him escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There were passive Muslims, uncertain Muslims, borderline agnostic Muslims, devout Muslims, and Muslims who twisted the words of the Qur’an to suit their temporary desires and agendas. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And here I have not much companionship, and do not even desire it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body wouldn’t have cooperated even if she’d had the desire to go. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She was completely free of ambition, with no affection for money, property or things, no greed, no desire to command attention or compliments—no ego. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Garner desired nothing more than to spend her final years in comfort. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I felt a desire to speak about who I was and what had happened. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They arise from the fact that the people do not wish to be commanded or oppressed by the nobles, while the nobles do desire to command and to oppress the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Second, Mrs. Caruthers’s choice of literature left something to be desired. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then she got clumsy or cocky and fell onto the tracks, losing both the broom and any desire beyond huddling on the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After the meal Pippin stayed a while, and then took his leave, for a strange gloom was on him, and now he desired very much to see Gandalf again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She had no desire to get her roommates stirred up over nothing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He was skinny as a coyote, with not even two pesos to rub together, but he was filled with a burning desire to survive. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a strange, intense desire to see him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I had a sudden, stupid desire to cry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It is no sin to desire to five, no cause for tears.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The friars who commissioned his work had, as followers of St Francis, a love of the natural world, and thus a desire for a new realism in art. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thinking about it, I know why that is: I didn’t have a drink last night, and I have no desire to have one now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Those developments include religious warfare, the notion that land should be private property, the concept of white supremacy, and the desire for gold. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z As long as we do this, butter our skin to keep it soft, we can believe that we will some day get out, that we will be touched again, in love or desire. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Words of desire and longing wrapping around her waist, flowing down the train of her gown as it spills over the platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I won’t stop you. I want this to happen, because I want you to be safe. And yet, I want to be with you. The two desires are impossible to reconcile. ...” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Moreover, he had lost all desire to stay in physics and decided instead to try biology. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Now the others began to act out, and the sense of justice and desire for equal rights that Mommy and my father had imparted to us began to backfire. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, positively: The ability to consider experience so abstractly allowed me to shape into desire what would otherwise have remained indefinite, meaningless longing in the British Museum. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Still—call it the deepest of desires smack up against a lost cause. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But the truth was that Oppenheimer had no desire to return to Harvard, which as a student he had found intellectually stimulating but socially isolating. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mom gave me the stink eye for blurting out my personal desires to someone we hardly knew. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Crown Prince’s silence was not her desired effect. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The value of building the jackpot is now outweighed by each contestant’s desire to win the jackpot. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Nervous, fearful, impassive, serene—whatever the individual’s nature, hope shouted from the face of every man, though not one spoke of his desire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Since the night on Roke Knoll his desire had turned as much against fame and display as once it had been set on them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the distortion is a desire for pain. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z No desire to do anything but wait around for something big to happen, something miraculous to occur. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But there was more to Ogorodnik than a desire for quick cash or a need to untangle his complicated personal life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was like being in the middle of a swirling universe that could swamp him in a moment but had no desire to. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I feel the old urges, the desire to punch and rip, to see blood before my fury is spent. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was plain that most of them desired to go first to Minas Tirith, and to escape at least for a while from the terror of the Enemy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Lifting a small lever between the faucets allowed water to collect in the basin, if desired. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Unto the woman God said: I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she reached the cove and the caves where Tane had held her sweetly, where he’d kissed her and helped her come to understand that there was no shame in her body or her desires. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “But look at it in perspective: A scythe wants for nothing in this world. All of your needs and desires would be met, and you’d never have to fear being gleaned.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I think of his sudden desire to be a good student. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In one dose, I hope I have cured you of your desire for conversation. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She had no desire to talk to him, but rather just to look at him, to see that unusual grace, and the kindness in his eyes that had made her tell him about Sam. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Step one: Fix your mind firmly upon the desired destination said Twycross. “In this case, the interior of your hoop. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z So, I knew there were people like that in the world, vicious in their hatred and willing to act on their desires to rid our country of anyone who didn’t fit into their neo-fascist ideals. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She adjusted Henry’s tie, picked invisible lint from Jem’s coat, and desired the presence of Jean Louise in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I can sense desire in him, a dense, smoldering heat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even through the physical distance between us, I can sense his emotions through our Link, that deliciously warm desire. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their actions were merely the symbolic manifestation of their deeper desires. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She had an overwhelming desire to please this person. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Once more, the desire to slip on the Ring came over Frodo; but this time it was stronger than before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Old Selma Thurmer--she was the headmaster's daughter--showed up at the games quite often, but she wasn't exactly the type that drove you mad with desire. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He beckoned the servant who was last in the procession, and asked him to announce to his mistress that a young Brahmin desired to speak to her. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He let the magewind drop, and sailed on with the world's wind, for there was no desire for speed in him now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She shrugged again, a silent comment about the inexplicable desires of the nobility. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Now, Nico was able to control his heart rate, along with his desire to knee his father in the groin and run away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Thomas nodded, his whole body itching with the desire to ask questions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We knew then that we were safe till morning did we desire it; but the Professor told me that we should not want more than an hour at most. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z My breathing’s getting faster and his eyes have gotten wavy with desire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There were now only ten skrewts left; apparently their desire to kill one another had not been exercised out of them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She had no interest in spoils of war - no desire to let any part of the giant survive. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Every cadet possessed a burning desire to be recognized, but never noticed, as his piercing blue eyes evaluated his corps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And now both were fixing their eyes on the ground, abashed, and again were throwing glances at each other, smiling with love’s desire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But the face I was looking for was as bright as the sun and the flame of desire—and it belonged to Marie. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z We were stronger than cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and the desire to die, doomed and rootless, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Montel was a middle-aged gentleman whose vain ambition and desire for the past twenty years had been to fill the void which Monsieur Lebrun’s taking off had left in the Lebrun household. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “And not behind a person, but behind the desire to reinstate the factions. Who says I need you?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A violent throb of desire tugs at me, followed by a frantic alarm bell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She had a sudden, desperate desire to get up and check on him, but there was nothing she could do, because she felt like she was on the verge of vomiting again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They were still talking about pen-and-ink portraits and couldn't understand my desire to drag a heavy cash register through the forest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On the train he felt a terrible foreboding and an unspoken desire that something dramatic should take place, but he did not know that the drama had already begun when he desired it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All efforts to reform or control our desires are therefore pointless. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ‘I thank you for your fair words,’ said Aragorn, ‘and my heart desires to come with you; but I cannot desert my friends while hope remains.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He didn’t know where the hole led to, and it made him uneasy to think that Stuart might some day feel the desire to venture into it. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Second, his desire to see me embarrassed as thoroughly as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But soon fists were swinging without making discreet distinctions of rank, and a simple desire to throw a memorable punch and to survive the melee became the common standard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But for the first time in her life, Ashima has no desire to escape to Calcutta, not now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan tried to rekindle his hatred, but all he could muster was the desire to stand close to them, to be taken care of. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And to really top things off, when another Comanche and I were flipping a coin to decide which team would take die field first, Mary Hudson wistfully expressed a desire to join the game. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z On horses she walked, simply forgetting to spur them into a trot, a canter, a gallop, having no desire to be thrilled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have already told her so once, by your desire.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He forced down a desire to spit the liquid across the table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no desire to rule—the very idea of doing so is repellent to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Deborah hoped this meant her brothers would find peace with her desire for information about their mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Nathan remembered when he was in the third obstacle, a dream space that re-created desires. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And when they had put off desire for meat and drink, they turned to bed and took the gift of sleep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is there anything else you wish for, Jane? I assure you, I desire to be your friend.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He sees the look on my face and smiles, sure that he has ferreted out the secret desire of my heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He bitterly regretted his foolishness, and reproached himself for weakness of will; for he now perceived that in putting on the Ring he obeyed not his own desire but the commanding wish of his enemies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He did not curry favour; rather, he was seeking a relationship with destiny: his music yearned to be the expression of humanity's deepest desires and anxieties. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was tom between a fear that made my body tremble, and a desire to help the poor man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost he yielded to the desire for help and counsel, to tell this grave young man, whose words seemed so wise and fair, all that was in his mind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Music Mistress had to spend a quarter hour inching me along to the desired volume. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt a desire to spit upon her as my eyes brushed slowly over her body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body was beautiful, spare and big boned yet rounded and softHe desired suddenly that she should like him as her husband and then he was ashamed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He was nodding slowly, admiringly, and I felt myself go warm all over, with pride, with a desire to be associated with Papa. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The coffee burned into him, a dark transfusion that awakened him to his own desire to leave this house and set his eyes on long curves and highway signs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Help me to understated: What is the virtue in denying one’s own desires to satisfy another’s will?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Many people who haven’t been formally educated awaken later in life with a desire to progress and deepen their view of the world, to go back to school or self-educate themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I was busy at school, driven by the desire to make mine the magic of letters and numbers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just because I had a sudden desire to eat lettuce. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The eyeless creature at the other table swallowed it fanatically, passionately, with a furious desire to track down, denounce, and vaporize anyone who should suggest that last week the ration had been thirty grams. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She got a glimpse of the boys’ desire to connect. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was an historical subject, painted at my father’s desire, and represented Caroline Beaufort in an agony of despair, kneeling by the coffin of her dead father. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had pulled off the Cloak: The idea had come to him out of nowhere, born out of a desire to make absolutely sure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was then my uncle Juan took my father and mother aside and whispered the desires of my uncles. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance the road curved around a hill, and she was overcome by the desire to run, to leave them all behind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hall’s easygoing facade masked an intense desire to succeed—which he defined in the fairly simple terms of getting as many clients as possible to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I seem to desire the fall, and though I fight it with all my will I know in advance that I can’t win. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt twice as large, twice as heavy, and a thousand times stronger, but he knew he was defeated from the start because of the tenderness he felt and his desire to protect her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Aside from his family and blood, if you wanted to take someone away from John Kwang, if you simply desired to hurt him, exercise true malice, Eduardo would figure near the top of the list. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Elévée picked at the short sleeve of her school uniform, evidently not desiring to talk about fashion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My whole desire to live became concentrated in my nails. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Abnegation stood in the way of her desire for power, so she found a way to eliminate it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Like all things HilSchool, it starts with a test, a test of my desires and my dreams. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Arriving in Washington with the same sort of desire and energy to contribute, though, she’d been roundly spurned, pilloried for taking on a policy role in the White House’s work on health-care reform. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The ping of desire that surfaced along with his whisper through the closing door he began to curry. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s a magic presence co us, an object of envy and desire, we covet her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a stab of revulsion mixed with a bizarre desire to laugh. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Goddesses are possible now and the air suffuses with desire. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a desire to remain there for a long time. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z And desire for the Elder Wand, the Deathstick, unbeatable, invincible, swallowed him once more.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But then they snapped open—on the bus, in the pharmacy—and I felt the intensity of all that looking, the desire and the desperation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He throbbed and ached with sorrow, fear and desire as he stared at her; she was so beautiful. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I know this, because I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people’s misery, to eat my own bitterness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Marshall came into the game ranked third in the state and badly desired a hunk of mighty Mojo’s hide to prove the Mavericks were for real. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is fiction, Ophelia, not a true history. Often we love to read of deeds and desires we would not dare to perform ourselves. That is the pleasure of a tale like this.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Aside from her self-serving desire to travel, Regina insisted on being part of the tour because she didn’t trust one of its participants: the shifty-eyed Norman T. Whitaker. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Ainu were conquered, rounded up into reserves, forced to work for trading posts, driven off land desired by Japanese farmers, and killed when they revolted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me, whose eyes would reply to mine. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The cohorts would be starting roll call, and Hazel had no desire to be sewn into a sack of weasels. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You are free to disable our Link whenever you desire. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I have no desire to walk on water,” said Siddhartha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s not the least indication that love, or desire, or even compatibility will sway me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Crispin, in the name of all the blessed saints, have you ever desired to be anything different from what you are?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And he stared at her and at the shadowed hollows of her face and he thought again how there was no beauty in her and how for many years had he not desired her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Emotionally, I was withdrawn from the objective world; my desires floated loosely within the walls of my consciousness, contained and controlled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed with an insatiable desire to succeed—and aided by his natural gifts, which included a deeply resonant voice—he made his dream come true soon after finishing up at Bard College in 1971. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z But his father is not the type to admit such things, to speak openly of his desires, his moods, his needs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So now, for once unsure of victory, I might set limits to desire: go to sleep, put off further raids till the Geats go home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo didn’t have any desire to stare at himself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was this desire of his to be a common dog that made Andrew choose common dogs for his friends. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I wish they'd do a better job of hiding their desire for me to have tons of friends and girlfriends. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z In your voice and in their desire to see in you a living proof of their belief in Brotherhood, and to ease my mind I stopped thinking about it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had several reasons for wanting to go to England, apart from my desire to see the country I had so long read and heard about. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Because if Ruby wanted something from him, it could only spell trouble, and after today he wanted no part in the kind of trouble her desires were certain to cause. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Rab had been shaken out of his usual nice balance between quick action and caution by his passionate desire for a good gun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At last he yielded sorrowfully to her great desire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z How could he trust such a self-serving idea derived from hope and desire? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Dat’s right, blame everything on me. Ah wouldn’t let you show no feelin’! When, Janie, dat’s all Ah ever wanted or desired. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z All these little simple, foolish, but tremendously strong, vital, passionate urges and desires no longer seemed trivial to Siddhartha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z A subtle current of desire passed through her body, weakening her hold upon the brushes and making her eyes bum. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z There was, between them, a weightless, seamless desire. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But it is not human to be without shame and without desire. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My father sometimes made me kneel while he put his hand on my head when he rattled off a blessing, but his was a heavy hand, not the gentle touch I desired. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I had a sudden unaccountable desire to run. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At this I felt a weight like stone within me, and, moaning, pressed my length against the bed, with no desire to see the daylight more. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Fulfilling a long- held desire to be a rancher, Howard bought it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The casus belli was usually the desire to avenge an insult or gain status, not the wish for conquest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She would quickly subordinate her own desires to those of the family or the community, because she knew cooperation was the only way to survive. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no desire to make you “tough” or “street,” perhaps because any “toughness” I garnered came reluctantly. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Was it fear and weakness that made this desire come to him now that death was near? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Impermanence, cause and effect, suffering, desire, the precious nature of life. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Most androids I’ve known have more vitality and desire to live than my wife. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When will my guiding spirit, in conducting me to the dæmon, allow me the rest I so much desire; or must I die, and he yet live? Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Galton and Pearson, Muller sympathized with the desire to use genetics to alleviate suffering. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “A friend of mine desired me to offer—a story—just as an experiment—would like your opinion—be glad to write more if this suits.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ask me something now, Janet,—the least thing: I desire to be entreated—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When my desire for long pants became known at home, yet another storm shook the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her desire was like its own person, pushy and bossy as heck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “But that’s when you plant seeds. We now understand better the struggle we face, and share the desire to find a solution. Let’s stand and hold hands again.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z For an agonizing second or two, Shin had to drag the man who had inspired his desire to escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I can remember drawing such mustaches myself, and the spite that went into them, the desire to ridicule, to deflate, and the feeling of power. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Thomas stood up to pace around the little room, fuming with an intense desire to keep his promise. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I know I need to take it seriously, this desire of his. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Fighting the desire to runaway, I search for a friendly face to focus on, clear my throat, and start to speak. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She came to believe that she had lost her capacity to love, and that the burning desire of her flesh had been quelled forever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Susan Calvin had never left the surface of Earth before, and had no perceptible desire to leave it this time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His dark beard was cropped close, and Moss often felt brief bursts of desire when he spent too long staring at the man’s face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then there was, as always, his desire to demonstrate the cyclotron’s unique properties. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His desires had moved to motorcycles and cars, but Lupita could see that the glamorous charro still held a place in his heart. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be alone—quite the contrary—but I felt, unaccountably, a strong desire to be rid of them both. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He approached Riddle as he approached the marketplace, tailoring the proposal to the owner’s desires. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet his desire to crush all faith in him was in itself built upon a sense of faith. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom heaved the dramatic sigh of a mother from an Indian movie whose daughter desires to marry a simple peasant instead of the rich, suitable suitor. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He solicited an emergency meeting in Washington with Warren Weaver, refusing to divulge the subject in advance but offering to arrange government clearance for Weaver if he desired a full discussion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In reduced circumstances the desire to live attaches itself to strange objects. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All this time Signy was living with her husband, bearing him children, showing him nothing of the one burning desire in her heart, to take vengeance upon him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Little of that makes for love, but it does pump desire. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell silent again; but Frodo could not help asking one more question: the one he most desired to have answered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I had a burning desire to hit her in the mouth, but I controlled myself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I been thinking,” she said, “how you better commence to tremble when the Lord, He gives you your heart’s desire.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Seized with an immediate desire to reveal himself, Harry pulled off the Cloak with a flourish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He guessed that Esperanza cared less about her daughters than her desire to destroy Opium. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take it yourself if it’s what you so desire.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned from all these issues is that as a nation we must make certain that in our desire for progress, personal rights and liberties are not denied. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I had no desire to listen to what they were saying, or to know who was speaking and what about. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not understand or share their thoughts and views, but he shared with them life’s urges and desires. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Goddard promised his disciples anything a human heart could desire, in exchange for the complete abdication of one’s conscience. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was quite sure that Ron’s support of Hermione had little to do with a desire to know the meaning of the triangular rune. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He still wanted a paycheck, but the desire to prove himself over the board was his strongest motivation for trying to heal the rift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I had no desire to cut class—but maybe that was the problem. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Burning and boiling inside me is the desire to live. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He’d been cool with us at first, but Stan had warmed him up fast, telling him what we were up to, stressing our desire for the cheapest shirts available—any color, any size, any vintage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Above all, they sharpened her desire to make something of her own life. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I was invited, and I had agreed to go, more out of politeness than desire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Speaking quietly so that no one else would hear, Harry told the other two about Snape’s sudden, sinister desire to be a Quidditch referee. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They reasoned that if he registered for the draft, then the FBI wouldn't have any desire to question him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Harry stared at the dangling Ron, whose face now looked tremendously hopeful, and fought a strong desire to laugh. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She had no desire to anger her roommates, but she was quite set on going to see Diana. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z No, something else in him had died, something that he had long desired should perish. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have all kinds of potions. I have the rare ones. I can give you your heart’s desire.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But Nat easily matched her nervous pace with his swinging stride, apparently quite unaware of her desire to be rid of him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “While the third circle provides a comfortable privacy for young lovers, its view of the stage leaves a little to be desired. I didn’t know you played.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I sensed some connection to this desire to give and the raw poverty of her youth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The sense of freedom had departed, and the childish desire to run across the lawns in sand-shoes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He knew nothing of that silent middle class that struggled between genteel poverty and the impossible desire of emulating the golden canaille to which he himself belonged. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face—as beautiful as a blooming flower to him now—was distorted with a new kind of torture, the tissues serenely swollen, her half-closed eyes misty and unseeing with the stultifying languor of desire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The desire to eat meat may be an instinct, something that is in our genes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But their desire to be rid of Manzanar outweighed that worry. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The beginnings of mathematical thought were found in the desire to count sheep and in the need to keep track of property and of the passage of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Taisin could sense the energy around Con; it was charged with frustrated desire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Adrenaline makes my whole body sing with the desire to move, but although what I have feels like a plan, it’s not one yet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Furthermore, initiation into the magnificent world of science brings great esthetic satisfaction, inspiration to youth, fulfillment of the desire to know, and a deeper appreciation of the wonderful potentialities and achievements of the human mind. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The neighborhood had turned into a maraca, with the men and women transformed into seeds, shaking with love and desire for one another. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you know I’m a VIP here? I get free ice cream, free coleslaw, free arrests, and all the free gold spray-painted rocks my heart could ever desire.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As he grew older, this desire of Ngwabi’s to see what the world was really like when the sun was up grew stronger and stronger. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It appears to mean serving the dictates of greed and advantage rather than those of goodness and the desire to see justice prevail in the world. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He had been ailing, and the recent events had exhausted his desire to go on living. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Tempier declared that the omnipotent God could create a vacuum if he so desired, Tempier insisted that God could break any Aristotelian law. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The man Jack’s eyes were accustomed to the dim moonlight, so he had no desire to turn on an electric light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z What they desired most was to be with their parents again, in their true home, but that, of course, was impossible. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Why do the Malfoys look so unhappy with their lot? Is my return, my rise to power, not the very thing they professed to desire for so many years?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z No, he had seen the way she looked at Tzara, and the way Tzara looked at her, and that made for a fairly thorough education on the subject of desire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If art was no more than a frustrated outflinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They were for ever ardent and craving; still I desired love and fellowship, and I was still spurned. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m told she’s extremely disagreeable and un-pleasant. Why have you introduced her at a moment when I desired to talk of you?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Unwittingly, Jan’s desire to protect Mary had helped him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z These insecticides are not selective poisons; they do not single out the one species of which we desire to be rid. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He saw Kamala’s songbird in its cage; he lived it all over again, breathed Samsara, was again old and tired, again felt nausea and the desire to die, again heard the holy Om. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way to kill off our insatiable desire is through death. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ‘The Lady of the Wood! She read many hearts and desires. Now why did not we wish for some of our own kinsfolk, Legolas?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In truth, the call from Outside had unexpectedly aroused a powerful, long-buried desire. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “A young bride will easily bend to her husband’s desire. Ha, ha!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I explained that for the moment MK was limited to sabotage, but that if sabotage did not have the desired effect we would probably move on to guerrilla warfare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had only one desire: to dismember it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My ancestor's desire to join them led to trumped-up murder charges for which he was executed—or, anyway, that’s what my grandfather told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I found myself staring at a plate of food I had no desire to eat as the entire mountain population celebrated around us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When I heard footsteps in the hall or a knock at my door, I remembered Hamlet coming into my room, his blue eyes flashing with wit, mischief, or desire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "The only palace I desire is the red castle at King's Landing, my lord Pyat." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was the hole in the ocean of desire Arm had noticed in the Starlight Room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And like Easter, it promised everything: the Risen Son and the heart’s lone desire. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Unclouded by passion or desire—that pair of dogs that sleep so soundly inside children, waiting for them to grow up. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no desire to hang around for the groundbreaking nonsense. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The other men desired me, therefore, to write to Major Byrd as an intermediary and ask that he rectify this galling practice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “You would conspire with him to hide from me what I desire to know? There are ways, be sure, to make you speak.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z White folks not only refused to share with me, I was told to keep quiet because they would punish me if I complained and spoke my desire for those precious goods or privileges. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I feel overwhelmed by the desire to smile and cry at the same time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Not till desire for food and drink had left them were they mindful of dance and song, that are the grace of feasting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I would just hold on to the faith that, in the end, that desire would win out over the others. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He never questioned my inner sadness or my desire to be alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She was one of those children possessed by a desire to have the world just so. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Strength and desire were reflected in the swiftly moving whirls of water formed by the raging pursuer. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, his fatigue won over his desire to Therapist me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was tugging at the chain of the Horcrux around his neck: Harry was visited by a desire to seize it and throttle him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Alongside this fresh boost of material came a desire to try to reproduce as accurately as possible the sounds that the original composers might have heard - a movement searching for ‘authenticity’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “How that name comes up. Mixing memory and desire.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There wouldn’t be the desire to see the phone light up with the message telling him that he was worth paying attention to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I could have left and camped in the gorge again, but my enormous desire to see another human being overcame my fear of being discovered. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But Wang Lung, although he saw this and he heard the talk and felt their anger with a strange unease, desired nothing but his land under his feet again. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I expect I will see my mother again in some friendly way, yet I do not have the same desire to be with her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There was not only the price he must pay for his hours with the girl, but there was the pretty demanding of her desires. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When dusk actually closed, and when Adèle left me to go and play in the nursery with Sophie, I did most keenly desire it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For a fleeting second, Harry had a strange desire to join the Ravenclaw table too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It was merely a foolish dare,” I repeated, too ashamed to give voice to the joy and desire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I had two heavy gloves, uncomfortable boots, and the desire to be anywhere else. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The challenge with older children is their desire to vocally imitate the pop singing style. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Surely not, but the ladies still gave me sly glances and attempted to guess the aim of my desire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was no evidence that Pelton felt any attraction to communism or had a personal desire to help the Soviet Union; he seemed to be motivated entirely by money. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I desire to have made for me the greatest sword since Excalibur.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But when that brief mercy faded, when she regretted her humanity in favor of her own desires, she became what she is now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Nicolas felt a rising desire to protect her and take care of her, to make up for everything. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is also necessary to remember that events happened in the desired manner. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In Mother’s drawn face, I can see the regret that she did not champion Therese in her desire to become a nun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “This will take you wherever you desire,” Calypso promised. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In fact, there is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She has no desire, even, to look at social media, to peek at what her friends are doing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She had become public property—no longer the mother of seven children, but a woman desired by many. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I saw them; I touched them; and since it wasn’t me who did this but Rex Reese I didn’t have to feel guilty, didn’t have to ask myself if I was having unnatural desires. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Another woman added that if the desires of the black community were once again disregarded, “right here in Durham will be another Vietnam.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps in his presence she imagined herself young and beautiful again, the sonnet lady desired by a man who could not have her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When he desired to eat, a ceremonial stool was placed in a clearing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And when I yearned for variety, more meerkats and fish than I could ever desire? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Reams of ‘work-sheets’ were destroyed in the desire not to bury completely all posterity under a mammoth paper mausoleum,” she later joked. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For a moment, desire and relief were greater than grief. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He allowed the men to eat as much as they desired. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z While I desired the privileges that came with higher classifications, I refused to compromise my conduct. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa, and all the other dead men who might desire us, would stay away because the sanguine color of blood was something that daunted and terrified the nonliving. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “It means ‘having a strong desire to travel.’ The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In the future we may well be able to assemble nucleotides in any desired sequence, to produce whatever characteristics we think desirable—a sobering and disquieting prospect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes are glittering with fury and desire and maybe even shame. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But I have no desire to experience it in real life. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It had the desired effect: People craned their necks, pointed, stood on tiptoes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Undeniably the instinct to support the arts went - and still goes - hand in hand with a desire to reach out to larger numbers of people, but the two aims were often contradictory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ‘To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z DeSheim informed the company that he would produce any play they liked, and they sat like frightened mice, possessing no words to make known their vague desires. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the rattle of the mess-tins and immediately feel a strong desire for warm food; it would do me good and comfort me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart was free of worry and desire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn’t sleep deprived, yet the feeling of fatigue was overwhelming me and the desire to go to sleep was so strong. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I had a sudden desire to eat them, but then I remembered the story of Persephone. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z This is when she professed a desire to travel—she hadn’t yet said alone—and then in the next breath admitted she’d told the school people not to call for a while. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor should we forget the cruelty to animals who are used just so that we can satisfy our human desire for knowledge. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A blaze of desire surged through him and he leaned into the honey-slowness, pushing the hopelessness out of his way to take that sweet, soft lip between his own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’m suspended, as in airports or dentists’ waiting rooms, expecting yet another interlude that will be textureless and without desire, like a painkiller or the interiors of planes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I speak under the threat of mob-rule and have no desire to intensify the already existing hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had no desire to go home but no reason for going anywhere else. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And, as no one could consider him an object of desire, he was ostracized. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Goodness only knows what unmentionable desires that man has. Please don’t tell me the whole truth. I would have a total breakdown.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now then, how are you children getting on? Is there anything you desire?” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z When the matron knocked on the door the second time, Aureliano left the room without having done anything, troubled by a desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He obviously had no desire to watch it again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “No, no, nonsense, Lizzy. I desire you to stay where you are.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z And why should we go hunting for a substitute for youthful desires, when youthful desires never fail? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m told she’s extremely disagreeable and unpleasant. Why have you introduced her at a moment when I desired to talk of you?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z To be alone was his desire, for he feared the evil he might do or say unwittingly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z My fixed desire was to seek and find a good and intelligent woman, whom I could love: a contrast to the fury I left at Thornfield—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But she had thought about this moment for days, of when Boseman let his carnal desires get the best of him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There is something beautiful in the subtlety of that exchange, in the attention that each party must pay to the motivations and desires of the other. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The accused have told me and their counsel have told me that the accused who were all leaders of the non-European population were motivated entirely by a desire to ameliorate these grievances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When starting, she recommends accepting and reinforcing behaviors that come close to the desired behavior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We’ve talked about it before, of course, how Vivi thinks we’re stupid for not being able to resist the intensity of Faerie, for desiring to stay in a place of such danger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In any case, the compliment had its desired effect. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z My absence from that ship is most conformable to my desires. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The goings-on of the circus are dutifully reported, but with such matter-of-fact precision that he cannot picture it in the richness of detail that he desires. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z How pleasant it would be to wake every day in the same place, to linger among shady gardens, eat figs, and drink cool water, as much as she might desire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It brought with it amorphous longings, shapeless desires, brief imaginary glints of other lives she could be living, that over the months melded into a piercing homesickness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then the memory of her face came back, and with it a raging, intolerable desire to be alone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His desire for her may have been growing ever since they parted. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He flung himself against them, he embraced, not the smooth body of his desires, but an armful of green spikes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved, clumsy with desire, and one of them bumped against the crystal goblet, knocking it off the balustrade to shatter, loudly, at their feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But she seemed to be distracted by the desire to make her four legs work together. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The problem was that most of Kennedy’s efforts weren’t producing the desired effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And he told himself, reader, that it was the cloth that he desired and not the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But in God’s eyes and theirs, every hateful word and gesture was the Beast’s desire for its own filth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The irony, though, is that that very desire for confidence is precisely what ends up undermining the accuracy of their decision. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But such a trip would require telling his parents about Ruth, something he has no desire to do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Addressing the jurors as “gentlemen,” he insisted, “I never devised a scheme to have Roan killed. I also never desired his death.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I could not talk to her; I merely listened to her passionate desire to see a circus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The desire had come over him to deny what she said, to interrupt her testimony with the truth about his father, a strong and tireless man, honest to a fault, kind and humble as well. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I tried not to vex or trouble him further, but he never gave me the attention I desired. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The desire for play was gone and I brooded, wondering if Granny would come and help us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, your wife is living: that is a fact acknowledged this morning by yourself. If I lived with you as you desire, I should then be your mistress: to say otherwise is sophistical—is false.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Michael Varus had told him that the spirits here were sustained by their strongest desires. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My plan was to show him my greatness and fill him with the desire to be our dad until at least I turned eight. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The love of books and reading stayed with him always, and as he grew, he had the constant desire to learn, so he read books of all kinds. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The thought surprises me, accompanied as it is by a pulse of fierce desire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We have only to stretch out our hand and desire, and what we wish for settles like a kerchief in our palm. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a terrible desire boiling up within him, a fire impossible to quench, a thirst for Clara that would never, even on the longest and most passionate nights, be satisfied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As a dining hall, it left much to be desired—it was dark, dirty, drafty, and hard to heat in winter, its cellars infested with rats, its massive wooden rafters worm-eaten and festooned with cobwebs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The only thing I feel is a desire to be somewhere else. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I can feel his desire to jump as if it were in my own body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When she listened to the waltzes of Pietro Crespi she felt the same desire to weep that she had had in adolescence, as if time and harsh lessons had meant nothing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Watching her helps me fight the desire to call my son just to listen to him breathing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Or maybe desire kicked in when it pleased without noticing the rules we lived and died by. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The desire that had awakened within her was like a fog descending on a mountain valley, filling every hollow, slipping between tree limbs, tickling every leaf with its seductive breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their stillness is the reason why these memories of former times do not awaken desire so much as sorrow—a vast, inapprehensible melancholy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z This moment had been imagined and desired for too long, and could not measure up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A person who had to spread the cloak of religion over her own petty desires. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There was a sort of calculating ferocity in the boy’s eye, a quite evident desire to hit or kick Winston and a consciousness of being very nearly big enough to do so. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Cathy had always been able to shovel into the mind of any man and dig up his impulses and his desires. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He seemed carefree to Alma, and that was what she desired to be. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Most days, I have neither the energy nor the desire to walk around, but I must walk today to search for food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The feast was merry and the food all that his hunger could desire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I felt dazed and weak but had no desire for food. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Real hunger, not the less than top-full feeling he was accustomed to, the nervous desire to taste something good. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Choose from them your heart’s desire and it shall be yours. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Embedded, equally, is the desire to decipher our manual of instructions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She had seen the wild, ancient creature in him before, but this time that inhumanness edged into something she recognized with her gut: He looked at her with desire. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But that was a desire Drogon did not seem to share. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not only would that be groveling, it probably wouldn’t achieve the desired effect; Dana would still hassle him without mercy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You desire to abide in the praises of your people, so I lift my hand, and I lift my heart, and I offer up this praise unto ya, Lord. ” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The death scratched his head and held up his hands, but nothing could stop Lyra’s words, nothing could deflect her desire, not even fear: she’d seen worse than death, she claimed, and she had, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In their almost frantic desire to put an end to the drinking problem, temperance advocates embraced some truly odd justifications for banning hard liquor, beer, and wine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Aegir had no desire to feed the gods, but he also had no wish to fight them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Longwell Chase and I had nothing to talk about and no desire to pretend otherwise, so we walked silently to the Eagle’s house. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There was no reason for me to desire her so outrageously and to let myself get so carried away by her refusal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to law school with an intense desire to understand the laws and doctrines that sanctioned the death penalty and extreme punishments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had taken the vows that were supposed to keep her safe from her own impulses, her own desires. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Two years away from home, away from the shelter of her parents and the model of her older siblings, had given Christine the desire, and the confidence, to strike out on her own. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Doc Daneeka had been told that people who enjoyed climbing into an airplane were really giving vent to a subconscious desire to climb back into the womb. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had frequently invited me along, but I had no desire to have my back broken again. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A desire to inherit this estate was ostensibly the motivation behind Lowell Lee’s plot to destroy his family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z To let the world shape your desire and love into a cudgel with which to drive you back into a cave of fear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Having seen it,” Rudyard Kipling wrote, “I desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Siddhartha had one single goal—to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow—to let the Self die. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z August said her heart had desired to read books, so the whole month she got to prop on the sofa in the quiet of the living room reading after her sisters went to bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You needn’t, sir,” said I, desiring no conversation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Most of the people who live in this rugged country seem to have no desire to be severed from the modern world or the untidy flow of human progress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But I’m not sure I could vouch for my desires if I were imprisoned for a long time in a densely packed world without women and at the peak of my sexual vigor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling a surge of patriotism, Melita burned with desire to join these young people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z What could be so wonderful as to cause such mad desire? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He recognized that he was feeling something he had never experienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Appropriate behaviors have to be shaped—shaped through successive approximations to the desired behavior,” says Darrow. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z When it grew worse he thought only of the pain itself, and of his desire for food. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It had been terror and disgust and—in all of that clamor—desire, a wish that lingered still, the hope that she would touch him again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Now that my grandparents knew they were needed in the Bronx, their desire to move back to Jamaica had faded. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then a wild desire took me to obtain that key at any risk, and I determined then and there to scale the wall again and gain the Count’s room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z His desire was naked and hot in his hand and his fingers were touching her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Frankie must have sensed my desire, because his hand slid down my arm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z For example, I was tormented by my desire for a woman. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z From her core came the desire to rise up to meet the gauntlet they had thrown down. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z After questioning Lomax, then cautioning him against some things he did not desire, Mr. Muhammad gave his consent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as his bones knit and he could be moved a little, Esteban felt the torturous desire to embrace her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, and now you will tell me that desire turns men into beasts,” said Hamlet with scorn. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her eyes turned to Penelope with desire to make her lord, her husband, known—in vain, because Athena had bemused the queen, so that she took no notice, paid no heed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At his complete lack of desire to cross paths with me in any shape or form. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Dasch explained his desire to help the United States fight the Nazis, not with guns, but with propaganda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z For a moment, I think he means with him, like with him, and my heart speeds with some combination of desire and dread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Once when Father and I were talking about sex, he said I was too young to understand that kind of desire. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Javier turned, a goofy grin on his face, and Moss desired him so wholly that it frightened him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s a gesture less of desire than of fatigue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And in exchange, we would give you the information you desire. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We stare at each other, and he looks so confused, so angry at himself that I smile, sadness and embarrassment and desire coursing through me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “To pen a letter if you desire. And to please our Lord and Mother Ermentrude by recording your daily devotions,” she says, and leaves. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Estraven had done a great deal for me in the last six or eight months, but I did not expect or desire such a show of personal favor as an invitation to his house. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s about allowing people to express their desires.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Both Mr. Sloat and Milt Borogrove stared at him as he rattled on, “Give us the specifications of the cat you desire. Color, sex, subtype, such as Manx, Persian, Abyssinian—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I would remember to dissemble for short periods, then I would forget and act straight and human again, not with the desire to harm anybody, but merely forgetting the artificial status of race and class. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a sudden desire to turn and go off in the other direction, to take his chance. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Striding high in the center of the track, Rosemont was suddenly animated by Richards’s raging desire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she looked hard at herself, examined her deepmost desires, she realized that she did not entirely trust herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Frodo hesitated for a second: curiosity or some other feeling was struggling with his desire to hide. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When she finally felt that desire, she was surprised above everything else. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as that,”—said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “We will talk instead about your life. And how Gregory will save it, if you so desire. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z On the other hand, nothing can be taken for granted because what the living desire will require great effort. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z What sets the real artist apart is not so much the desire to seek, but that mysterious ability to find, which we call talent. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream,” said the alchemist, echoing the words of the old king. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Politics is a hard and narrow game; its policies represent the aggregate desires and aspirations of millions of people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But aside from the desire to add to my rainy-day money I had nothing to live for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They would be alone together soon, with more contradictions—hilarity and sensuousness, desire and fear at their recklessness, awe and impatience to begin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Because those were the only conditions under which he could get access to a story he very much desired.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "As champion, you may ask of me any boon that you desire. If it lies in my power, it is yours." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She startled herself by how clearly she had articulated the desire to keep the baby and how right it felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Your Atman will fly from the web of human desire and join the collective consciousness—the infinite soul that suffuses the universe, at once everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In a voice reflecting doubt, fear, and an unmistakable desire to be loved, I sounded not like a thoughtful college professor but, rather, like a high-strung twelve-year-old girl; someone named Brittany. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I will kill her first, I thought, and the desire was strong. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if all the pent-up desires of my childless days were now bearing fruit. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I desired no more explanations from Pro Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I have said it before, I never in my life have seen a black man that desired white women as sincerely as Shorty did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I never thought of them; but desire turns my mind to them involuntarily and I am afraid for it might be impossible ever to be free of them again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt it was unjust of her to scold me, but I only said, “I desire to do what is pleasing.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I completely sympathize with your desire to stab your family's killer,” I say, glancing back toward my mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Gandalf took no turns, right or left, for the passage seemed to be going in the direction that he desired. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The lips are the gates of their desire. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Ruth May had the bizarre idea that our neighbors desired to eat her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But while ladies desired to satisfy themselves in love, it was the lure of power that most tempted men. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” said Mrs. Weasley anxiously, clearly torn between a desire to finish the shopping quickly and the wish to stick together in a pack. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not some carnival exhibit, and you won’t use me as part of some unfulfilled desire for adventure and excitement! Which is undoubtedly why you chose me to be your Champion.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When Phil shared his desire to be an EMT, it seemed strange to me then that he would ever have to hide a part of himself. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z You shall have clothing from him, cloak and tunic, and passage where your heart desires to go.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the new law, drug busts motivated by the desire to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property are still perfectly legal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Though he fought shy of her and her desire, he lay with her each night, for she compelled him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not want to see what others were doing if that doing did not feed their own desires. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And Linda, for her part, had no desire to see them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I justified this desire by the fact that I was still in school, and I began, fatally, with Dostoevski. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z They felt that it was not fitting to mention desire to the widow of Joseph Starks. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Their desire is more just than that of the nobles—the former want not to be oppressed, while the latter want to oppress. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z They continued to caress each other without desire, torturing themselves with pleas and memories. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a world of difference between a body in the abstract and a body you desired, and Adina desired Duff’s body very much. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of black men are unable to be good fathers for their children, not because of a lack of commitment or desire but because they are warehoused in prisons, locked in cages. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There was considerable partisanship among the family as to the desired sex of the next baby. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was warm in the truck and I guess I just didn’t have any big desire to hop out into the cold night. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Androids, however, had, as he knew, an innate desire to remain inconspicuous. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Everybody here is in the top ten percent of what they do,” Steve Beecham, a home mortgage broker, said, “or they desire to be in the top ten percent.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The great tactician, lifting up his eyes, cried: “Zeus aloft! A blessing on Telemakhos! Let all things come to pass as he desires!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The impromptu encounter with Jasmine had felt healing, but Debbie didn’t have any desire for another meeting. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Why would the computers have the same desire for recognition that they did? many engineers figured. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Our aim should be to guide natural processes as cautiously as possible in the desired direction rather than to use brute force. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "Their father and I desire them to face the highest of challenges. And Sonia wants to continue with advanced French. She's excellent with languages." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It is my intention to write shortly and desire her to come to me at Madeira. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, he went on steadily, no longer to save him, but with a desire perhaps to see him again and he walked up to the outskirts of the town. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave them whatever their hearts desired, and when they grew of age their marriages were celebrated with grand festivities. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They are strong and our desire is strong—but they are unattainable, and we know it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was seized by an awful desire to laugh. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Dasch vehemently denied that a fear of getting caught and a desire to save his own life played any role in destroying Hitler's secret attack on America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He desired her with all his heart, but he would not go so far as to admit it, not even in his most hidden thoughts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm dizzy with the desire that sweeps through me from sandal to necklace. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mary Lou could taste desire in the back of her mouth like a sugary caramel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “How many days do you desire to make his funeral?” he asked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever complications arose in his lordship's course over subsequent years, I for one will never doubt that a desire to see 'justice in this world' lay at the heart of all his actions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The gods should not have desires, because they don’t have Personal Legends. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Touch his hand. The back of the wrist. Breathe too closely to his face. All marks of desire. We have found that aflection causes the pupil of the eye to dilate involuntarily.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He felt a compelling desire for cool water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The children looked at one another, thinking of all the things they desired. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I told him this, and the desire to do much more was hot in my throat. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But I was blinded and had no use for reason, desiring only to take revenge on Cristiana for her cruelties to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She wrote that her husband, Art, desired a child, yet she did not want anything to alter the relationship we had begun to rebuild. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I have no desire to speak, of the next several years, the years that conveyed me from childhood to youth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But even though he didn’t understand it, or where it came from, the desire was undeniable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He also discussed his desire that black people, especially those who had served in the Union army, be granted the right to vote. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was seized with a sudden desire to laugh, to cry, to do both, and I had a pain, too, at the pit of my stomach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Selection may be applied to the family, as well as to the individual, and may thus gain the desired end. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “That we are made for more than our desires. That pride combined with stubbornness can be disaster. And that compared with love, malice is a small and petty thing.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z This was the shortcoming of Omnictionary: the stuff written by Radar was thorough and extremely helpful; the unedited work of skunk- butt left something to be desired. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I wasn’t born with a hyphen linking me to Africa, any more than I was born with a desire to dribble a basketball or to write. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I lift my eyes to let him glimpse the desire in mine. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was charged up with a renewed desire to write. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In Mack’s eyes there was good will and good fellowship and a desire to make everyone happy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is easy to forget that those “forces” are statistical summaries of the deeds of millions of men and women who act on their beliefs in pursuit of their desires. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes her fingers quivered with the desire to make those scenes. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In place of a trip to the moon, I had only a scar on my throat and a great desire to make up for lost time. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Into her son she beat a loud desire to run away, and into her daughter she beat a fear of growing up, fear of other people, fear of life. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But once back under the shade of the trees the stag regained his momentum — or found a new desire to live — and the chase was renewed with vigor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d even seen a glimpse of her deepest desire, shown to her by the Sirens’ magic Annabeth had imagined her mother and father together, standing in front of a newly rebuilt Manhattan, designed by Annabeth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The family bond is still there, the desire to make his mother proud, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was nothing which the appetite of man might desire that was not to be found upon the streets of the markets of that city. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She was not big enough to climb, but you could see the desire in her eyes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Odysseus, in pleasure at this courtesy, gently said: “May Zeus and all the gods give you your heart’s desire for taking me in so kindly, friend.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel much like an object of desire or temptation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were times when I just wanted to stay in my room and think, because I had no energy or desire to do anything else. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished to comfort her, but there was no comfortable action I could take; I desired to console her, but there was no word that could be a consolation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The difference between carnal desire and the love for someone's soul. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And because the need was great and the desire was great, the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only dragons that I know are yours, and magic swords are even scarcer. I will gladly bring you rings and crowns and chests of gold if that is your desire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Alas, this value can scarcely be corroborated in any other way; there is certainly little enough in the white man’s public or private life that one should desire to imitate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He told the judge that Bodega, as an American citizen in business for himself, could set any price he desired on hot dogs, since hot dogs were not controlled substances. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The men who were working along the rows felt possessed by a strange fascination, menaced by some invisible danger, and many succumbed to a terrible desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Stanton said that she was pleased that she didn’t know Phillips’s opinion before she made her remarks because “the desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She has always been in control of every emotion, every desire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z |
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