Quotes About Longing

The most heartbreakingly beautiful girl I ever hope to see

Fair as the moon and joyful as the light; Tot wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright; Not as she is, but as she fills his dreams.

I cross the place where my heart used to be and hope to be even deader than I am now.

I often daydream about the future, thinking of the world in 100, 200 years, imagining what it looks like, feels like. I hope that my books are like ghosts that will inhabit this future.

I hope you're never happy with anybody but me, and every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me. Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, at least I speak honestly.

Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world's commerce.

Your name. That's all I want." I debate on whether or not I should explain to him that my name isn't going to help him in his stalking endeavours.

It is just that I don't know how I could live without the hope of her. It would be like learning to live with wooden legs.

I felt a wave of longing roll out of me, but not the way it usually did, diffuse and sad. This was hopeful, as though it had been coaxed out by a whispered promise.

The nights are always meaningless without hopes for tomorrow.

Except heaven is a hope, and eden is a memory .

Human beings are primarily defined by what we desire, not what we know.

Hope is the belief more or less strong that joy will come desire is the wish it may come.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.

Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful.

Oh, to be seventy again!

It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows -

So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.

I can remember staring at the orphanage and feeling envy.

My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.

Nostalgia: How long's that been around?

When I envied a man's spurs then they were indeed worth coveting.

I am hated for loving.I am haunted for wanting.