Quotes about Obsession

She had fallen under water, under a spell, in love with love.

That's all someone in the grip of obsession needs: the single possibility that desire might be real, a tiny shred of evidence to show you're not all alone in the dark.

Trying to chase that old white man out of my head. I been so busy thinking bout him I never truly notice nothing God make. Not a blade of corn (how it do that?) not the color purple (where it come from?). Not the little wildflowers. Nothing.

If you hold on to what you want so tightly, it almost becomes an idol.

Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life.

Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

You know you're a skydiver when you don't remember your anniversary or your mother's birthday, but you know down to the second how much accumulated free fall time you have.

He had fallen head over heels for a devil with blue eyes and waist-length blonde hair and a body that would tempt a man into sin and death.

Angel lay in the darkness after Meribah left and worked over what she had said. Mama had worked to keep Alex Stafford's love alive. She had tried everything to please him and keep his passion alive. Angel wondered now if it hadn't been those very efforts that served to drive him away. Mama had been so hungry for his love. Her entire life had revolved around Alex Stafford's coming to the small cottage. Her happiness depended solely on him. It had been an obsession.

Power bases are very dangerous because they attract people who are truly insane, people who seek power only for the sake of power.