Quotes About Longing

Though he did not gather me in with his arms, he did so with a look in his eyes.

I kissed him back, kissed him as I had dreamed of being kissed, but had never quite believed I might be.

And in my spine, at the very core of me, I am a tiger. Passionate and daring, impetuous, longing to rebel. Unpredictable and quick-tempered. But also determined and as obstinate as a solid wall of shidan--stone.

Long years, and so many of them that, one by one, their hopes for a child began to pack their bags and depart.

I simply did what my heart demanded.

Amina has boundless empathy for everyone but her husband, it seems. How is it that disappointment arrives as soon as what you have desired for so long steps over the threshold? It's like finding the end of your wedding train dragging behind in the mud.

Why didn't they go back to India?" "Oh, you know how it is. Once you are outside a place you can never go back. Not really.

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!

There is always something missing that torments me.

Il y a toujours quelque chose d'absent qui me tourmente.

I just wanted Lee's attention—if not forever, then at least for the seven and a half minutes it would take him to polish me off.

That night I learned there are two kinds of hunger. The first I can satisfy with cheeseburgers and chocolate milk, but there's a second part of me, biding it's time. It can go on like that for months, maybe even years, but sooner or later I'll give in to it. It's like there's a great big hole inside me, and once it takes his shape he's the only thing that can fill it.

Le désir, dit-il, c'est avoir quelque chose à gagner, et l'amour quelque chose à perdre.

Where was she now? in a middle-aged marriage? did she live in this city still? He had a sudden urge to see her, as if he might retrieve by looking at her the ferocious sensation of that kiss, that moment –

Sang Ly, we are literature—our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs, our passions, our strengths, our weaknesses. Stories express our longing not only to make a difference today but to see what is possible for tomorrow. Literature has been called a handbook for the art of being human. So

Sang Ly, we are literature—our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs, our passions, our strengths, our weaknesses. Stories express our longing not only to make a difference today but to see what is possible for tomorrow. Literature has been called a handbook for the art of being human. So, yes. It will do that.

we are literature- our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs, our passions, our strengths, our weaknesses. Stories express our longing not only to make a difference today but to see what is possible for tomorrow. Literature has been called a handbook for the art of being human. p. 93

You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.

Love on one side only is almost as worse than no love at all.

She cried for the love that could never be, for the kisses she could never again enjoy, for the arms that could never again hold." A Proper Companion.

except when he kissed her, when he touched her, he devoured her as if he could never-even if he lived a thousand lifetimes-get enough!

I feel as if I've been searching for you my entire life without even knowing it. Now that I've found you, the thought of losing you is ... beyond enduring

i'm talking about the sort of pull that's so strong you're helpless.