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“After the primary necessities of food and raiment, freedom is the first and strongest want of human nature.” John Stuart Mill, “The Subjection of Women” - 1869

“our labour preserves us from three great evils—weariness, vice, and want.” Voltaire, “Candide” - 1759

“Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now? Am I just under a spell that says nothing is ever good enough?” Chuck Palahniuk, “Lullaby” - 2002

“You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.” John Steinbeck, “The Winter of Our Discontent” - 1961

“I wanted the whole world or nothing.” Charles Bukowski, “Post Office” - 1971

“In truth, it is not want, but rather abundance, that creates avarice.” Michel de Montaigne, “The Essays of Michel de Montaigne” - 1580

“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.” Milan Kundera, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” - 1984

“One of the most important questions a woman can ask herself: What do I really want—and what is my spirit telling me is the best way to proceed?” Oprah Winfrey, “What I Know For Sure” - 2014

“Even if you don’t have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you don’t want.” Bob Dylan, “Chronicles, Volume One” - 2004

“We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel.” Haruki Murakami, “Dance Dance Dance” - 1994

“I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of a desert island. I want to play football with people. I want . . . I want everything.” Neil Gaiman, “The Graveyard Book” - 2008

“When you get used to that kind of life—of never having anything you want—then you stop knowing what it is you want.” Haruki Murakami, “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” - 1997

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