Sentence examples similar to desire for something impossible from inspiring English sources

However, desire ultimately aims for something impossible: to possess, to "be," or to occupy the place of the signifier of signifiers, i.e. the phallus.

I desire to see her and hear her, perhaps even touch her, and nothing else; I therefore desire something impossible.

Suddenly, she finds herself open to the world anew, no longer derisive of her neighbors' garish Christmas decorations but "grateful for the sheer silly exuberance," and increasingly aware of both her culpability in her children's struggles and her own shortcomings, her restless desire for something larger, for perfection, for the impossible fulfillment of her ideals.

But the desire for something bigger was growing.

But there is also a desperate desire for something to happen.

Radical organizing is always borne out of a desire for something better.

Having a strong desire for something is not enough.

This means all desire qua desire is desire for something conditional; otherwise there would be no need for the desire, since the desired state would already always and everywhere be present.

All that is required is a healthy thirst and the desire for something different.

And an expression of desire for something different, starting now.

Connect to the listener's desire for something better.