Quotes About Longing

i keep myself busy with things to do, but everytime i pause i still think of you..

Humans possess insatiable longings for wealth, status, and power, but are hungry, most of all, for love.

The heart knew that something was missing and it was having to work extra hard to make up for it.

She was tired hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that everyday would hurry so she could get on to the next. Hoping that it would be a better day, an easier day. But it never was.

Holly just felt as though she was missing a vital organ from her body.

I can't remember how long it's been since I spent Christmas in Dublin. Long enough, once again. But soon enough Prince Moonbeam and Princess Buttercup shall be reunited.

I'd been holding my breath all that time and as soon as she turned, I let it out. My heart twisted again and for a moment I panicked. I wanted to call her back, take it back. I wanted to go to Blake, take him back. Live the way we had always lived together. But then I remembered, habit.

También le contaré cuanto me molesta que me digan que el tiempo lo cura todo aunque la ausencia hace que aumente el cariño, lo cual confunde, porque significa que cuanto más tiempo pase de que se fue mas voy a quererle.

And as the magical silence once again embraced them, after fifty years, all they could do was look at each other, and smile.

In the midst of affection and longing the iron hand appeared within the velvet glove....

Abrace-se até que eu chegue lá, depois o abraço será meu. Vamos agitar como peixe numa pedra. Vamos, agite e nade! Me fisgue. Melhor ainda, eu fisgarei você.

you will always be my favorite hello and hardest goodbye. P.S. i will always love you

Tenho uma doença que está além do alcance da medicina; mesmo meu bom amigo Graham não tem cura para ela. Assim que eu chegar em terra, vou querer partir de novo. Meu lar é o navio. Minha pátria é o mar.

At that point I was just a little too conscious to hold on to it and I woke up with that awful empty feeling you get when you realize the person who can make you happier than anything is a fucking dream.

Weeks of longing and solitude: twin muses of creation.

And it seemed to me that I was closer to him during those early months of his absence than at any other time of my life.

sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.

Isn't it better that we send them off once and for all beneath the glow of carnival lights, with the taste of treats on our tongues, rather than invite the acrid tang of doubt, and undue longing, and the heart-stab of a freshly sundered bond?

And too intense a longing, everyone knows, can lead to poor decisions, rash actions, hopes that become outsized and in turn deform reality

It was beautiful Eric, who desired me, who was hungry for me, in a world that often let me know it could do very well without me.

Should I just bite you, and end it all?, he whispered. I would never have to think about you again. Thinking about you is an annoying habit and one I want to be rid of.

I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough.

I wish, I said. I could save orgasms in a jar for when I need them, because I think I have a few extra.

Apparently, once you got used to regular and spectacular sex, your body had a mind of its own (so to speak) when it was deprived of that recreation; to say nothing of missing the hugging and cuddling part.