Quotes About Longing

Power has always corrupted, my dear. Even the promise of power. It is a hard thing to look at through the fence for hundreds of years without wondering what it would be like on the other side.

I just sat there, craving gelato.

She needed a minute. He needed a minute. Those were the lies he told himself, but the truth was they both needed the past six years back. Only six years would do.

Bex gave me a wink, and for a second I thought about Zach. I know this probably makes me the worst unofficial girlfriend ever, but it was kind of nice not having him there. It felt good to be just us girls again. It was nice to have the chance to miss him

Five decades on the throne and this is how they treat me, Ms. Blakely. Makes me wish I'd been a teacher." His voice drops. He almost sounds a little wistful. "I would have liked to have been a teacher.

Kiss me, Zach." I pressed up against him, cold and alone. I didn't want to fight. I wanted to be warm and safe again, "Kiss me.

death is the only thing that could have kept him from you

That's how I know they are dreams. Because the simple and plain and everyday things are the ones that we can never have. (Cassia Reyes)

I love you, Rio," Nella whispered, barely able to form the words. "Love you too, baby," Rio said, his voice as broken as hers. "I've known that a long time." He grinned. "You know what I didn't know? I really hate space travel.

Sólo nos hemos besado en la boca, cinco minutos, sólo cinco minutos, y al final... – ¿Y te parece poco? Mira, preciosa, más de uno lleva media vida enamorado de alguien a quien no va a besar en la boca nunca jamás

Yo me dejaba apresar, una vez más, en la trampa del deseo ajeno, que a menudo se ha comportado como el más rabioso, pero traidor, acicate de mi propio deseo.

Por eso necesitaba llorar, por la fila, por los muros, por el locutorio, por los hombres que se amontonaban contra una reja y por las mujeres que se apretaban contra la reja de enfrente, por el amor de todos los condenados dentro y fuera de Porlier. No lo hice. Mantuve las lágrimas a raya en el borde de mis párpados como si presintiera que me harían falta después

Había sido demasiado amor, tanto como el que yo podía dar, más del que me convenía. Fue demasiado amor. Y luego, nada.

Estoy cansada de no saber dónde morirme. Ésa es la mayor tristeza del emigrado. ¿Qué tenemos nosotros que ver con los cementerios de los países donde vivimos? [...] ¿No comprendéis? Nosotros somos aquellos que miraron sus pensamientos uno por uno durante treinta años. Durante treinta años suspiramos por nuestro paraíso perdido, un paraíso nuestro, único, especial.

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.

In my flowery dreams there's always you. I do not regret it one bit.

Paula admitted she may've been thinking a smidge rashly when she'd longed for the chilly winds and snowcapped 'scrapers of home.

loneliness flowed through my bones with an ache.

No es todo lo que quería decirle. Ni siquiera he comenzado. Lo cual, desde luego, no importa. Con usted no es necesario decir las cosas porque ya las sabe desde antes, desde siempre. Muchos besos y toda la nostalgia de quien la extraña mucho.

in the end, all I want is to be with him. It's the only way my life feels complete.

Four hundred years of losing out on the girl of my dreams isn't sitting very well with me these days.

Because the truth is, I do love him. I've loved him without ceasing. I've loved him since that very first day. I loved him even when I swore I didn't. I can't help it. I just do.

Because I don't have everything I want. Not even close.

So cute how you called out for Damen after conjuring that chaste little love scene in your head.