Quotes About Yearning

The misery he had was a longing for home; it had nothing to do with Jesus.

E allora sarabande senza fine si srotolavano nella sua mente: come una baiadera ondeggiava di sogno in sogno , di malinconia in malinconia

and since, human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars

Naviknuta da gleda sve mirno oko sebe, tražila je nešto što je burno. More je volela samo zbog njegovih bura, zelenilo samo na proplancima me?u ruševinama. Bilo joj je potrebno da iz stvari izvla?i kao neku li?nu dobit; i odbacivala je kao nekorisno sve što nije doprinosilo neposrednom zasi?avanju njena srca, - budu?i da je bila više sentimentalne nego umetni?ke prirode, tražila uzbu?enja, a ne predele.

Uostalom, ništa i ne vredi tražiti; sve je laž! Svaki osmejak skriva zevanje od dosade, svaka radost neko prokletstvo, svako uživanje odvratnost prema njemu samom, a i najbolji poljupci samo vam ostavljaju neku neostvarljivu želju za kakvom višom nasladom.

Zato on i napusti flautu, ushi?ena ose?anja, maštanja - jer svaki buržuj je, u jeku svoje mladosti, makar jedan dan, makar jedan minut, verovao da je sposoban za ogromne strasti, za uzvišene pothvate. Najobi?niji raskalašnik je snevao o sultanijama; svaki beležnik nosi u sebi ostatke nekog pesnika.

Sve, pa i ona sama, bilo joj je nesnosno. Želela je da odleti kao ptica, da ode nekuda da se podmladi, daleko, daleko, u prostore bez ijedne pegice.

That was all and it was enough for me: fantasies are better left fantasies.

To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it.

Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm.

I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.

I love Robyn. 'Dancing on My Own' is one of my favourite songs.

At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved.

I can never be in the same place for too long. It feels like the world is caving in.

I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there.

I was married for five years, and I definitely had that baby fever, which I think you should.

I would love to love Saul Bellow, but by page fifty of 'Herzog', something within me has wandered into another room.

If you like someone, even if its 2 A.M. and you've just finished work, then you get that lovely feeling where you want to see them.

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.

I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied.

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.

You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know. I just want the hugs, the kisses. A kiss!

This taste of freedom is still bitter because left in Athens are my wife and my two children and because so many of my comrades are suffering.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.