Quotes About Longing

For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had.

I just really wish I'd met my grandfather.

My mother would have been so crazy about my grandchildren. She was a fabulous grandmother, and she would have been absolutely crazed as a great-grandmother. I miss that part of her.

My grandmother really wanted to see me become a singer, but she passed away before I became one.

It is that kind of space, that little space of longing, whether it is in something like romantic love, or whether it's in something like divine love. You know, that kind of search for something that's not quite in your grasp. It's a very powerful place to explore as an artist, because it's not necessarily sad.

We had, like, the greatest time you could ever imagine doing 'Arrested Development.' And as grateful as we are for the careers we have afterwards, it was - we still miss it.

I learned so much about love from the movies. For a couple of hours, I would allow myself to dream about love and a life that, for me, ordinarily, felt out of reach. So, it was with deep gratitude that I watched the drama 'Call Me by Your Name,' knowing what a beautiful teacher it would be for boys like me.

A year is a long time to live without the human contact of loved ones, fresh air, and gravity, to name a few.

I don't want to date. But I do have dreams about a great love.

Ive worked outside football. I knew every day what I had. I loved going into football grounds, smelling it, seeing it, hearing it. Thats what grabbed me. Thats what I miss.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

First love is ravaging - it just guts you in the most wonderful way, if you can see through it.

Couldn't dance because it would awaken carnal desire, which in my case was not only awake, it was dressed and down on the corner waiting for the bus.

Christ, I think I'd grow old if I lost you.

love hugging and kissing my wife after we've been apart for a while.

The in love experience temporarily meets that need, but it is inevitably a quick fix and, as we shall learn later, has a limited and predictable life span. After we come down from the high of the in love obsession, the emotional need for love resurfaces because it is fundamental to our nature. It is at the center of our emotional desires. We needed love before we fell in love, and we will need it as long as we live.

We talk about things like being able to eat anything we want and not gain weight, having the power to go anywhere at a mere thought, and seeing God's face. But one thing I can't wait for is being able to love everyone perfectly. I mean it. I long for the day when I never say a mean word again, never make a mistake, and always show perfect love. That's something to look forward to.

Some came to me because the inner ache had become unbearable.

I desire you, it's as simple and awful as that.... it's idiotic, but I love you.

I want to be loved so badly, it verges on mild insanity.

You are not what you want. You are what wants you back.

I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.

I thought of Eunice's lips on my nose, the love mixed in with the pain, the foretaste of almonds and salt. I thought of how it was all just too beautiful to ever let go.