Quotes About Longing

Her absence in my life was so painful that it was a presence.

At times, my nostalgia for our family life as it used to be--for our own imperfect, cherished, irretrievable past--is nearly overwhelming.

I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.

All my life, she gave to me a shovel and said, Fill these holes inside of me, Pari.

Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.

The place was a familiar as breath but as far from his life now as the moon.

The girl I've been looking for my entire life. Alex resisted the urge to throw Seb off the balcony and see if he could fly.

Assuredly, meeting after absence, is one of - ah, no! - it is life's most delicious feeling.

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little.

Desire is one of the burning experiences of human life.

I thought I would spend the rest of my life searching for little reminders of you.

I've been so lonely for long periods of my life that if a rat walked in I would have welcomed it.

All we really want in life is to connect to other human beings, and when you desperately want to connect physically to one specific human being and you can't? That's something I find compelling.

I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner

she's the only thing that's made my life worth living and if that's all I get, a few months with her- a few days, it's more than I've ever hoped for (Luke)

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation.

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.

We think you'll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That's what makes a woman come alive.

Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

I looked at the faces around me and I knew mine was like theirs. Faces with the blood drained away, tight faces, worried, lost. Faces like flowers torn from their roots and stuffed into a pretty vase, the colours draining fast. I had to get away from that town.

She came with her eyes blacker and wider than ever, walking towards me on soft feet, smiling mysteriously, until I thought I would faint from the pounding of my heart.

Speak to me, Rosa. Look this way just once, over here Rosa, where I am watching.

Molto ho scordato, Camilla, sulle ali del vento, E ho gettato rose, rose in tumulto tra la folla Danzando per scacciare dalla mente i tuoi pallidi gigli perduti, Ma ero svuotato e triste per l'antica passione, Sì, di continuo, perché la danza era lunga; Ti sono stato fedele, Camilla, a modo mio Arturo Bandini