Famous quotes containing the word passion:
“I endeavor not to conceal that I believe there is a great mixture of desire in the passion which is called love—or rather, without any far-fetched strain on words, it may be called the companion of love.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“The passion to condense from book to book
Unbroken wisdom in a single look,
Though we know well that when this fix the head,
The mind’s immortal, but the man is dead.”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
“Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)