Wanted

Famous quotes containing the word wanted:

“A merciless fate threw me into this maelstrom. I wanted much, I began much, but the gale of the world carried away me and my work.”
—Draza Mihajlovic (1893–1946)

“I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“I had gone so long without loving
I hardly knew what I was thinking.

Where I hid my face, your touch, quick, merciful
Blindfolded me. A god breathed from my lips.
If that was illusion, I wanted it to last long;”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)