Quotes About Yearning

You have to be away a long time, a long way, to miss someone like that, and me, I'd been farther away than anyone ought to be for too long plus six weeks. I kissed her and squeezed her until she yelled for mercy, and when I got to where I realized she was yelling we were clear back to the terrace, the whole length of the apartment away from the door. I guess I was sort of enthusiastic, but as I said Ã¢â'¬Â¦ oh, who can say a thing like that and make any sense?

Had I been screaming, screaming, in some way? I with my life so separate and well-ordered in the company of my green things and my sky and the animals of the hillside? I shouted - it was a demand - I shouted and shook him: Godbody! And as usual he understood me perfectly: 'You was lonesome,' he said.

I don't want the whole world, I just want your half.

No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful

No one ever gets what they want. And that is beautiful.

I just wanted to jump out of my body sometimes and be someone else.

My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.

I'm like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road.

I'd love to see Kate Bush, full stop.

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

I love to reread, even more than I like to read, so keeping a hold of books that I adore is very important, although they flee from me - they are always fleeing.

My dad played guitar, and so there were always guitars kicking around the house that I was never allowed to touch. My cousin gave me a twin-neck electric guitar for one of my birthdays. It was amazing. Even though it was mine, I was never allowed to pick it up.

A lot of the music comes out of that conflict of wanting this other thing and feeling guilty about wanting it, and then it guiding me somewhere despite my kicking and screaming.

I kind of crave loneliness.

When the boys and girls would line up separately in kindergarten, I'd find myself longing to be in the other line.

I would kiss you, had I the courage.

Kiss me out of desire, but not consolation.

But since I'm single, it's nice to get a kiss where I can.

All good works of art must ask this question: 'You want to breathe free, yes, but do you know how to kiss?'

I want to be kissed by the people I love.

Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

I've never flown a kite.

People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'

I absolutely had a dream of doing 'Man of La Mancha' one day; that's a long time ago.