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Quotes About Longing

Aching for one thing and enjoying something else aren't mutually exclusive.
~ Elizabeth Musser
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
~ Elizabeth Peters
Against the odds, the Beast had shown her true beauty. He had shown her it was okay to feel lost and made her realize how desperately she had wanted to be found. She had learned that things were not always what they seemed, that people could surprise you. He had given her the one thing she had always longed for - something more.
~ Elizabeth Rudnick
softly, her voice cracking with emotion. "I will not ask you for forgiveness. What I have done is unforgivable. I was so lost in hatred and revenge. I never dreamed that I could love you so much. You stole what was left of my heart. And now I've lost you forever." She paused, wiping a tear. "But I swear, no harm will come to you as long as I live…and not a day shall pass that I won't miss your smile.…
~ Elizabeth Rudnick
Think of the place you've most wanted to see. First see it in your mind's eye. Now feel it in your heart.
~ Elizabeth Rudnick
Someday, she thought as she slumped against the door, someday i'll find someone who will understand me, someone who will let me be me. Someday i'll show them all. I want so much more than the people in this town could ever understand.
~ Elizabeth Rudnick
But the past couple of days I've missed you so much it's felt like missing you is all I am.
~ Elizabeth Scott
The story of my life can be told in silver: in chocolate mills, serving spoons, and services for twelve. The story of my life has nothing to do with me. The story of my life is things. Things that aren't mine, that won't ever be mine. It's all I've ever known. I wish it wasn't.
~ Elizabeth Scott
Josh pulls me aside. "Hey, About before, I just... I wanted to say ... well, I think you're pretty special." He says, kind of stumbling over the words a little. Like he's hesitant to say them, now i wish he'd hug me again. And then kiss me. But he doesn't. He just waves and walks off. I sigh. "Hannah, I just... I want you to know if I pause alot when I tell you how special you are I want you to think that I'm... very... very... deep," Finn says
~ Elizabeth Scott
This is the real unwritten rule: You don't want what you know you shouldn't. And I haven't just broken that rule. I have wrecked it, smashed it, and still... And still I want.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I've missed you so much it's felt like missing you is all I am. Like if someone looked inside me, there wouldn't be a skeleton and muscles and blood and nerves. There'd just be memories of you and all the things I've tried to say and ripped out of this notebook, all the things I want to say but can't because I don't have the words.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I-I don't usually go around throwing rocks at people's windows. Or saying that I've wanted to kiss you since your first day at work, when you wanted to know why we had three codes for fish sandwiches when we only sold one kind.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I didn't want to see it. I didn't think he'd ever really notice me, and in the end, he didn't.
~ Elizabeth Scott
It will be over soon, finally, but the thing about hearts is that they want to keep beating. They want to keep beating.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I thought you were going to— you're standing under my window. Aren't you supposed to climb up here or something?" "My ladder's at home.
~ Elizabeth Scott
She is so relieved to know that he's better and is finally getting the sleep he needs and she misses him.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I know I should say he suddenly seemed vulnerable and I felt a connection to his soul or whatever, but the truth is I just wanted to tackle him and then make out for the next three thousand years.
~ Elizabeth Scott
After a couple of days of complete hell , rest is at the top of the agenda. As he fades away to an overdue peacefulness, he misses her .
~ Elizabeth Scott
You,I think. I am terrified of you. Of how your kindness makes me like you in spite of myself. Of how you make me dream things I haven't dreamed in forever. You,I think. But I don't say it.
~ Elizabeth Scott
As it turned out, she was alone after all. She prayed that he'd come back to her, because she missed him and needed her connection, her fix.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I hurt all over even more now, like someone has shattered my insides, like I've been torn apart and put back together but I'm missing something. Her. And him. My brother.
~ Elizabeth Scott
I will always carry Mom in my heart. I will always miss her. I will always wish she was here.
~ Elizabeth Scott
It's torture, not being able to talk to him!! She's been so, so worried. How she hopes he's finally doing better now and sleeping soundly.
~ Elizabeth Scott
Only remember: I am not the ease, but the end. I am not to blind you, but to find you. What you think is the sirens singing to lure you to your doom is only the voice of the inevitable, welcoming you after so long a wait. I was made only for you.
~ Elizabeth Smart