Quotes About Longing

Seems like nothing ever brings you back to reality that makes you want to stay there.

It's sad when two people who could never part without a kiss come to the point where they never part and so never kiss.

You spend 90% of your adult life hoping for a long rest and the last 10% trying to convince the Lord that you're actually not that tired.

There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them.

'Twas here we loved in sunnier days and greener; And now, in this disconsolate decay, I come to see her where I most have seen her, And touch the happier day.

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

Only I discernInfinite passion, and the painOf finite hearts that yearn.

A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with.

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.

But to see her was to love her,Love but her, and love forever.Had we never lov'd sae kindly,Had we never lov'd sae blindly,Never met—or never parted—We had ne'er been brokenhearted.

O Mary, at thy window be!It is the wish'd, the trysted hour.

O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad:Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad.

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;Ae farewell and then forever!

Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon,How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?How can ye chant, ye little birds,And I sae weary fu' o' care!Thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird,That wantons thro' the flowering thorn!Thou minds me o' departed joys,Departed never to return.

Ae fond kiss, and then we severA farewell, and then foreverDeep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves himMe, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me.

Ae Fond Kiss

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, alas, forever!

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.

I wanted to sell tomorrow to the highest bidder and settle down forever in July second.

Suddenly I wanted the earlier version back, but there was no retrieving it. When I blurred the lines to soften them it was as if she began to disappear.

H]e dreamed things for which he had no words.

no es la posesión sino el deseo lo que impulsa en secreto a la gente.

Desire often creates paradoxical effects. The more you want something, the more you chase after it, the more it eludes you. The more interest you show, the more you repel the object of your desire. This is because your interest is too strong — it makes people awkward, even fearful. Uncontrollable desire makes you seem weak, unworthy, pathetic.