Quotes About Longing

I don't want what I can't have. I don't want to want what I can't have. -Nate

I am beginning to remember what it means to need things. Laughter. Companionship. Love. "He leant forward and pressed his forehead to mine. "And I need you, Merit.

Oh, it's no crime to want and need somebody to love and to be loved by and to go and do what you need to do to have that, but its certainly a pity when you want it so badly you'll let it be anybody.

All I need is you even though I don't know if I can have you.

There is an empty space next to you in the backseat of the station wagon. Make it the shape of everything you need. Now say hello.

I need to breathe" I manage to get out, his hold on me loosens slightly."I need you

Love is not insatiable. What is insatiable is the need for love.

...when I closed my eyes and saw her drinking tea and opened them and still could see her, and I wanted so much to see more.

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity - it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.

Mommy. Do you ever wish a book will never end?

He says he's lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she's lonely too. She doesn't say why.

Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me.

And always, I could see that, despite his weakness for her or because of it, he seemed uncatchable, as if he might slip away at any moment.

I love you Bonnie. So much that I hurt with it. And I hate it, and I love it, and I want it to go away, and i want it to stay forever....

Falling in love is like seeing the ocean for the very first time, when all of your life you've been stepping in puddles.

It's always nice being fancied. It's always nice being wanted. Even it it's by the wrong person.

Although we shared a kiss or two you still have me on cloud nine from time to time and all I want is for you to be mine!

Not the way he looks, but specifically the way he looks at me threatens my inhibitions. It's all greedy yearning.

When having that one person in my life and him going away, becomes the difference between life and death, I'll know I am in love.

I think of the five generations it will take before [Mr. Perfect]'s born, and I want to scream. I want someone now. I want someone who will look into my eyes and understand everything behind them.

Sometimes the man of your dream only belongs in your dream.

Sometimes you just want to hug someone and drown.

I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him.

I'm not a princess but Ryan is a knight, he just belongs to someone else.