Quotes About Longing

Soundlessly whispering into the void, my lips moving quickly, silently, without ceasing. Calling his name, calling him to me. Even though there's no use. Even though it's futile. Even though it's way past too late.

And I know you've spent a lifetime trying to protect me from the staggering pain of grief that comes from losing the things and the people and the places you allowed yourself to care about--but guess what, Jennika--that's no way to live. As much as it hurts to lose something you love, there's much greater joy in getting to experience it for as long as it lasts.

I reach for the book on my nightstand instead. Immersed in the story of a guy and a girl so entwined, so perfectly made for each other, their love transcends time. Wishing I could climb inside those pages and live there forever, preferring their story to mine.

Si aquellos a los que amamos nos visitan en nuestros sueños, aquellos que nos atormentan casi siempre acuden a nosotros en nuestro despertar.

Mi cabeza está colmada de sueños, mi corazón está colmado de fantasmas.

Monsters never get the princess in real life, but I'm selfish enough to want to keep you near me for as long as I can.

You know better than that the only thing about you that scares me is your absence, Alaric

He thinks I'm pining away for you, and he thinks I should be his mate

Except for Quinn, a dark voice whispered in his mind. A smile from her would be a gift beyond price.

I would give a century of my life for a single taste of your lips

Finally, she looked up at him and met his gaze, and she gasped. He knew what must be visible on his face and therefore did not try to deny it. "You know," he rasped out. "You have always known, and you will always know that I am yours, and yet never can be. I am the most powerful high priest Poseidon has ever appointed, and yet I am too weak to hide the depths of my feelings for you.

No te traiciono al marcharme. Huir también puede ser un acto de amor. Para amar, necesito ser libre. Me marcho para preservar la belleza de lo que siento por ti.

Tout désir est commémoratif. Toute aimée est la réincarnation d'une défunte inassouvie.

Je pouvais alors pleurer les yeux ouverts, contemplant ce monde perdu que la force de l'hallucination ressuscitait. Quand on me retrouvait, on me demandait la nature de ce chagrin et je répondais : « C'est la nostalgie. » Bien

El hambre soy yo.

In verità vi dico: ciò che sentite quando state morendo di sete, coltivatelo. Lo slancio mistico non è che questo. E non è una metafora. La fine della fame si chiama sazietà. La fine della stanchezza si chiama riposo. La fine della sofferenza si chiama conforto. La fine della sete non ha nome. La lingua, nella sua saggezza, ha capito che non è possibile creare il contrario di sete. Ci si può dissetare, ma la parola dissetamento non esiste.

de repente el asco se invertía y no existía una palabra para expresar su antónimo, no se trataba de apetito ni de deseo, se trataba de algo más intenso...

La race humaine est ainsi faite que des êtres sains d'esprits seraient prêts à sacrifier leur jeunesse, leur corps, leurs amours, leurs amis, leur bonheur et beaucoup plus encore sur l'autel d'une fantasme appelé éternité

I had this notion of passionate love: if it ever happened to me, I wouldn't be able to imagine a moment's separation. What could you bear to have between the loved one and yourself, apart from the blade of a sword?

Drink me without limit, my love, may your thirst fulfill you and never be quenched, since that word does not exist in any language

Moi, sans que je puisse me l'expliquer, j'attendais autre chose. Je ne savais en quoi elle consisterait, mais j'étais sûre de l'espérer. Un désir est d'autant plus violent qu'on en ignore l'objet.

And yet, I have not wronged you, have I? Indeed if there is anyone I may have sinned against, it is me. That desiring you as I do, needing you as I do, I still let you go.

156. AL PERDERTE YO A TI...   Al perderte yo a ti, tú y yo hemos perdido: yo, porque tú eras lo que yo más amaba y tú porque yo era el que te amaba más. Pero de nosotros dos tú pierdes más que yo: porque yo podré amar a otras como te amaba a ti, pero a ti no te amarán como te amaba yo.   Ernesto Cardenal

Ha de sobrarme la mitad del lecho, y ha de faltarme la mitad del alma.