Quotes About Longing

I sleep completely naked to make me believe you are here, but when I wake up it is not the same thing. Most of all, don't deceive me with other women any more.

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

I maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music, I will go and live back in Wales - when I am an old person, if I live to be an old person. The water I miss, and the air, there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life.

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door.

How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked.

I guess this song isn't about anything necessarily sad, but it makes me sad just because it makes me think about how inaccessible the past is, but it's called 'Boy Child' by Scott Walker.

I miss walking out of the tunnel, the 90 minutes and the adrenalin rush that I'll never, ever replace.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.

Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia - the place where all our dreams come true.

I still miss music and singing. One day, I'm going to sing with a big band.

Seven years of neurosurgery is a big deal, something I wanted for a long time, really excited about it.

This little ship you sent is more wonderful than the big one that takes me away from you.

I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. So when I was 18, I longed to be 30; when I was 30, I longed to be 50. I've always looked forward to my next birthday.

I work every day, and every year I spend seven months away from my family. I miss my kids' birthdays, and those are times I will never be able to go back on and share with them. That kills me.

I miss Bob, but I don't want another marriage.

I want Books and Babies and Beef stews.

I remember feeling incredibly bored all the time, and I spent a lot of my time dreaming about what was going on in London, and fantasising about being there.

I would love to have a boyfriend one day.

Krista's got a great boyfriend; they've been going together for years. I want to be around to walk her down the aisle.

All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.

So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.