“The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.”

“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.”

“I am too inexperienced and ignorant to conduct myself with propriety in this town, where every thing is new to me, and many things are unaccountable and perplexing.”

“4867. There cannot be a more intolerable Thing than a fortunate Fool.”

“Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it.”

“There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women…”

“There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence.”

“Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.”

“That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, you’d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, you’d never need more. That if enough people loved you, you’d stop needing love.”

“Not greatly gifted, not deeply beautiful, Madonna tells America that fame comes from wanting it badly enough. And everyone is terribly good at badly wanting things.”