Quotes About Longing

Hearts can do that, you know: hold on to something when the rest of you has forgotten about it. Hearts have longer memories than brains.

You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what you need.

Mag sein, daß die Leute sagen werden, ich bleibe daheim, um mich nicht von den dunklen Augen Ninos trennen zu müssen. Mag sein. Vielleicht haben diese Menschen auch recht. Denn diese dunklen Augen sind für mich wie die heimatliche Erde, wie der Ruf der Heimat nach ihrem Sohn, den ein Fremder auf fremde Wege verleiten will. Ich bleibe, um die dunklen Augen der Heimat vor dem Unsichtbaren zu schützen.

It seemed to her that she was reading the story of her own dreams, desires, and hopes. She sensed something immense, something calling behind the chaos of these primitive forms and structures of words.

As one of those scholars recently summarized the corpus of studies and experiments, the more that change "makes people anxious about the world and their place in it" and causes "major disruptions and uncertainties in their lives," then "the more they longed nostalgically…for the comparative safety and security of a perceived past.

all i want...is mac and cheese

The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came

Ja, wir wollen wohl ein bißchen viel: kluge Gespräche und Logik und gutes Aussehen und ein bißchen Treue und dann dieser nie zu unterdrückende Wunsch, von der Frau wie ein Beefsteak gefressen zu werden, daß die Kinnbacken krachen... .

The sign above my seat reads In Emergency Break Glass. This is an emergency. I feel broken. Why haven't I told her? WHY HAVEN'T I TOLD HER?! Why haven't you told her? the old man asks, in my head. And don't even think about breaking that window. It's Illegal. A federal offense. So is loving someone for this long and not doing something about it.

They say that those who loved you return to you in dreams.

A life lived alone simply feels long and boring. But a life shared with someone you love reaches the place of parting in no time at all.

Una vida solitaria se hace larga y tediosa. Sin embargo, cuando la compartes con la persona amada, en un santiamén llegas a la bifurcación donde tienes que decirte adiós

S?ng cô ??c ???ng nhiên c?m th?y cu?c ??i là nh?ng chu?i ngày dài và bu?n t?; nh?ng n?u ???c ? bên ng??i mình yêu th??ng, thì ch? tho?t cái ng??i ta ?ã t?i ngã ba ???ng r?i.

Eso es porque Aki se ha ido. Porque la he perdido. Ya no hay nada que desee ver. Ni en Australia, ni en Alaska, ni en el Mediterráneo, ni en la Antártida. En este mundo, vaya a donde vaya, siempre me sucederá los mismo. Por más maravilloso que sea el paisaje que tenga ante los ojos, nunca me emocionaré; la más hermosa de las vistas no me gustará. Ha desaparecido la persona que me hacía desear, ver, saber y sentir..., incluso vivir.

En la vida, hay cosas que pueden realizarse y otras que no -dijo mi abuelo-. Las que se materializan, las olvidamos en seguida. Sin embargo, las que no podemos realizar, las guardamos eternamente dentro de nuestro corazón como algo muy preciado. Éste es el caso de los sueños o de los anhelos. Me pregunto si la belleza de la vida no residirá en nuestros sentimientos respecto a aquello que no se ha cumplido.

Tenía la sensación de pasarme el día anhelando cosas que no podían hacerse realidad.

Pronuncié su nombre en voz baja. Mis labios estaban hechos, más que los de cualquier otra persona en el mundo, para llamarla. Y, sin embargo, no me fue fácil recordar su rostro.

The things that never come true stay in our hearts forever.

I heard people say that when you lose someone you love, they keep thinking they see him. Like when a stranger walks by, they'll do a double take to make sure it's not him. They'll hear his voice in a cafe only to realize that what they heard was the sound of some baritone DJ on the radio.

I need you," he says, his voice so quiet I have to lean forward to hear. "That's my secret. I need you more than you have ever needed me.

No, I'm telling you that you're the only thing on this earth that has made me feel connected to what's here. When I'm with you, I know what's real. I can feel it, touch it. When I'm with you, I'm something more than . . . other. When I'm not with you, my head's in the stars.

You would never come here just because you want me to touch you again, although you do. You wouldn't come just because you feel alive when you're with me. You wouldn't come because I'm the only one you can be your true self with. But for work? Yes, for work you'll always come.

I want to know what she's like over a candlelight dinner. I want to see her on the beach. I want to know what it would feel like to walk beside her talking about the thoughts you never let her share.

the moon's too bright the chain's too tight the beast won't go to sleep. I've been thinking of those promises I made to you that I could not keep. I know a man never got a woman back by beggin on his knees, or I'd crawl to you baby and I'd fall at your feet I'd howl at your beauty like a dog in heat I'd tear at your heart I'd claw at your sheets And I'd say please. Please. I'm your man.