Quotes About Longing

I think everyone goes through a phase of longing to be little - I always wanted to be a girl who could sit on a man's lap, but that is just not going to happen.

Home is here in Philadelphia. I never like to be away too long.

I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.

I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing that I could never again pick up the phone to tell him about my day.

Here's how I operate. When I see something I like, 20 years later, I ask her brother for her phone number. She don't even see me coming.

We are becoming so fickle and self involved. Always looking for the next best thing - especially when it comes to people. We spend hours buried in our phones trying to keep up with the social lives of people we may not even know. Envy and the fear of missing out have taken over. Yet we are all still longing for human connection.

I'm not sure if I should say this, but after watching 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', I really wanted Rajkummar Rao to notice me, so I commented on all his photos. He's the only person I've asked for a photo with.

It's difficult when your family are not physically around you.

I used to live with my grandmother. I used to wonder why the other kids in school went home with their mothers and fathers. I wanted to be the guy that got married. I wanted to be the guy with the children and the white picket fence. I never had that.

I wanted to be the first girl in my class to get married. From the seventh grade on, I used to write in my yearbook under each senior's picture, 'married' or 'engaged.' I had marriage on the brain.

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.

Is there something we have forgotten? Some precious thing we have lost, wandering in strange lands?

I don't get asked this much - 'Would you ever wanna see your father again?' And the answer there is that I would like to see him again.

I just wanna keep Yachty forever, just take him home with me.

I wanna be loved. I just wanna be loved.

I really wanna do a Spanish album. I have that Latin culture background. It's a part of me. I'm not the best Spanish speaker, but I have a longing to connect with that. I just think how supportive the Latin community has been, even during 'Idol.' I'd like to give back with something like that.

I actually wanna go back to the Philippines, not the old house that I used to live in but I would want to visit the Philippines.

Once you taste the sweet honey, you want more of that.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

If you want someone to miss you, go secretly and spray your fragrance somewhere.

I always wanted a family.

It's a great feeling to be wanted, but it's more exciting to be inaccessible.

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.

When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after the little redhead girl.