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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.

We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.