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Quotes About Yearning

I don't want to be safe," he said. "I want to be with you
~ Cassandra Clare
You're in my bones and my blood and my heart," he said. "I'd have to tear myself open to let you go.
~ Cassandra Clare
Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make Tessa love him.
~ Cassandra Clare
He touched her face, gently, with the back of his hand. 'you disappear so completely into your head sometimes.' he said. 'i wish i could follow you.' you do, she wanted to say, you live in my head all the time
~ Cassandra Clare
unrequitted love amuses me
~ Cassandra Clare
I would take them in a bowl," said Mark with a winning gaze. "It has been many years since I have eaten freely at my choice, fair one, and a plate of strawberries is all that I desire.
~ Cassandra Clare
Hast thou gone among the streets of the city and the watchmen there, and found the one thy soul loves?
~ Cassandra Clare
I love you, Clary wanted to say. And, I would do it again. I would always ask for you.
~ Cassandra Clare
You disappear so completely into your head sometimes," he said. "I wish I could follow you." You do, she wanted to say. You live in my head all the time.
~ Cassandra Clare
Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against his temples. He was not looking at Tessa, but she had grown used to that. Will hardly ever looked at her unless he had to.
~ Cassandra Clare
He was standing leaning against the door frame; now he stood up straight. "How should I have kissed you? Is there an other way you like it?
~ Cassandra Clare
He longed sometimes with an almost physical ache just to say 'My Husband' and have it be true.
~ Cassandra Clare
Now that the real and the imagined had collided, he wondered if she, like he, longed for the past, for the normal. He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it.
~ Cassandra Clare
You don't draw, and I don't breathe. Not so much like last year
~ Cassandra Clare
Maybe this time was different—maybe this love was different. It felt so different; surely that had to mean something. Maybe the year to come would be a good year for both of them. Maybe this time things would work out the way Magnus wanted them to. Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.
~ Cassandra Clare
Jules: Emma. I need you, always, always think about you, I was wishing you were with me in that goddamned attic and then I turned around and you were there, like you heard me, like you're always there when I need you ...
~ Cassandra Clare
When you want something very much, you are willing to accept the shadow of that thing. Even if it is just a shadow.
~ Cassandra Clare
But I think you're letting your fear get in the way of what you really want because what you really want is what you're afraid of.
~ Cassandra Clare
I wish I was close to Jace Herondale," Julie sighted. "He is so gorgeous." "He is foxier than a fox fur in a fox hole on fox hunting day," Beatriz agreed dreamily.
~ Cassandra Clare
When I am with you, I imagine that my heart is beating, though it has not beaten for seven years. You give me so much, and I can give you nothing at all.
~ Cassandra Clare
Magnus gave Alec a sidelong look as they climbed the rickety stairs. Alec caught the glance, and his breathing quickened; his blue eyes were bright. Alec bit his lower lip, and Magnus stopped walking. It was only a momentary hesitation. But then Alec reached out and caught his arm, fingers tight above his elbow. 'Magnus', he said in a low voice.
~ Cassandra Clare
He pulled her closer and she felt the bulge in his jeans. "I never knew books were so sexy." "You got turned on today by a bologna sandwich, too." She wrapped her arms around his waist. "I don't think it's the books." "You're right. Maybe it's not the books or the bologna." He leaned lower. "Maybe it's not." She rose up on her tiptoes, closer to his tempting mouth. He groaned and closed the small distance between them, backing her up against the shelves as his lips covered hers.
~ Cat Johnson
I've wanted you since Texas...
~ Cat Johnson
Need twisted deep and low inside her. It twined through her body like kudzu vines growing out of control, taking over and smothering what little good sense she had left.
~ Cat Johnson