Quotes About Yearning

I simply did what my heart demanded.

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

There is always something missing that torments me.

Il y a toujours quelque chose d'absent qui me tourmente.

I just wanted Lee's attention—if not forever, then at least for the seven and a half minutes it would take him to polish me off.

That night I learned there are two kinds of hunger. The first I can satisfy with cheeseburgers and chocolate milk, but there's a second part of me, biding it's time. It can go on like that for months, maybe even years, but sooner or later I'll give in to it. It's like there's a great big hole inside me, and once it takes his shape he's the only thing that can fill it.

Men chase by night those they will not greet by day.

Oh God, this is my fantasy! Where those just-friend boys suddenly realize they love me.' 'I don't know if this was like that .' 'What happened?' He thought for a moment. 'Well. I realized I loved her.' Hannah gasped. 'Oh God, that's so sweet.

Where was she now? in a middle-aged marriage? did she live in this city still? He had a sudden urge to see her, as if he might retrieve by looking at her the ferocious sensation of that kiss, that moment –

I distance myself from heaven and then complain that heaven is distant.

Because I distance myself from heaven and then complain that heaven is distant.

You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.

In this troublesome world we are never quite satisfied. When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to business; but now, having nothing but business—no variety—it has grown exceedingly tasteless to me...I hate to stay in this old room by myself. —Abraham Lincoln

Love on one side only is almost as worse than no love at all.

She cried for the love that could never be, for the kisses she could never again enjoy, for the arms that could never again hold." A Proper Companion.

except when he kissed her, when he touched her, he devoured her as if he could never-even if he lived a thousand lifetimes-get enough!

I feel as if I've been searching for you my entire life without even knowing it. Now that I've found you, the thought of losing you is ... beyond enduring

i'm talking about the sort of pull that's so strong you're helpless.

My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life.

You are a slave of what you need in your soul.

He could find his soul in desire itself, but not in the objects of desire.

Aleka was an obvious stand-in for River, who yearned to inspire the world But disturbingly, even in this pastel-colored idyll, he could only achieve that dream by dying.

A miserable Mike says haltingly, "I could love someone ever know, wasn't paid for it. And I love you, and you don't pay me." n a ball, he tells Scott, "I really want to kiss you, man." The scene of Scott gently holding Mike, stroking his hair.

And then she fell into his arms. It was what he'd dreamed of on sleepless nights, holding her, feeling the press of her breasts to his chest, the flare of her hips in his hands. He forgot all about where they were, why they were alone together. He forgot the risk of his dishonor and her ruin. There was still a corrupt beast inside him, waiting for this chance. All that mattered was that they were alone, and she was with him, and he wished he never had to let her go.