A Farewell to Arms quotes about desire
12 quotes on desire from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book. Drawn from the 68 in the full collection.
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That is not love. That is only passion and lust. When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.
Poor, poor dear Cat. And this was the price you paid for sleeping together. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other.
God knows I had not wanted to fall in love with her. I had not wanted to fall in love with any one.
It’s all right. Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.
There isn’t any me. I’m you. Don’t make up a separate me.
Only being sent away from you. You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.
Oh, darling, I want you so much I want to be you too.
Why, darling, I don’t live at all when I’m not with you.
I knew I did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards.
“Hell,” I said, “I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?” “Yes. I want to ruin you.” “Good,” I said, “that’s what I want too.”
It was as though we met again after each of us had been away on a long journey.
You always feel trapped biologically.
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