Quotes About Longing

My?li g?upie. My?li t?skne.

Heart lesson #4: the unrequited heart. You can't make anyone love you back.

My heart lost rhythm at the flicker of phantom in the whiskey-stained voice.

Quando lui respirava, lei si affrettava a procurargli l'aria.

This is one of my fave Quotes 1 year, 12 months, 363 days, 8760 hours, 525600minuts, 3153600 seconds, every day, every night, every time, I always miss you.

If the path has been laid down, why the successive appearance of different teachers? Why would anyone reinvent the wheel, if everything were as cosy and sequential as primitive longing so easily convinces us?

Hearing a crow with no mouth Cry in the deep Darkness of the night, I feel a longing for My father before he was born.

Sometimes he tries to catch her, wading frantically through earth that has turned to water, or sometimes through air. Sometimes she tries to catch him. They never catch each other, no matter what.

How the world so dearly loves a cage.

It was one of those summer days that seemed to stretch on into eternity, and the heat was such that you couldn't believe the grass, yellow in patches where the gardener's watering can had been remiss, didn't just erupt into flames

Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859–1907)

Oh baby, oh baby.

The fact is…I'm in love with you, and I have been for some time.

And yes, I'll admit, I am jealous. I'm jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought. I want to rip him to pieces and purge him from your mind and from your heart. But I can't.

A girl can still admire, can't she? Even those who can't afford to go in the store can still window-shop. Right? Knowing he wasn't for me didn't mean I couldn't covet the merchandise.

I am as wrapped up in her as a vine that clings to a tree seeking for sustenance. She's tied me to her for eternity. She's my home. She's my reason for being. To win and hold her heart is my only purpose.

I decided to find you, throw myself at your feet, and beg you to have mercy on me. Honestly, I'll accept whatever you choose, Kelsey. Just don't ask me to live apart from you again. Because...I can't.

Our hours in love have wings in absence, crutches.

Do not cry, for I shall return in your memories.

Just enough is always never enough for those whose minds crave more.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

To be close to your greatest desire could be an exquisite pain

He wanted her. Her. Nothing could take that away from her. Ever. He wanted her, not the status he thought her purloined name could bring him