Quotes About Longing

she grasped the terrible truth that love can never be compelled, from man, from sprite, from beast; that one who loves, however she longs for requital, however long she waits, may receive in return the reverse of what she gives, the dark side of the moon.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore,Never tired pilgrim's limbs affected slumber more,Than my weary sprite now longs to fly out of my troubled breast!O come quickly, sweetest Lord, and take my soul to rest.

When I was a child, the thing I wanted more than anything was to grow up and live in one house. Since my dad was in the Navy, that wasn't possible. Instead, I lived in a different home every couple of years.

I've always loved donuts. I can't go near one or eat one, because then I'm just done for. I always want more.

I have already spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning alone, missing my children, and crying because I have no family nearby.

I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.

I don't get back to Michigan nearly as much as I'd like to.

It's either feast or famine, and that's the way it's been for as long as I can remember. I've spent my whole career thinking I'll never work again. Every actor lives with that insecurity. You just have to negotiate the rapids as they come.

I will never forget the hunger I used to feel.

I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.

I miss my family, and I miss the New Jersey beaches. They have beaches here in L.A., but they aren't the same.

I definitely feel most at home in New York City, although I get stir-crazy if I'm here too long.

I want to see my niece and nephew grow up, to see their children... I get crazy at the idea that a time will come when I won't see Daniel and Allegra anymore.

It would be nice to have someone to go back to, a girl to call at the end of the night after a long day.

When you're on the road and moving city to city, when someone isn't there at the end of the night, you feel empty.

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.

I wish I wrote 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt. I mean, that is a classic heartbreak song; it gets me every time.

Don't know. There's a lot of magic between you, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard." Tuck patted him on the back and got up to leave. It was more than he'd ever said to Dawson about Amanda. As he walked away, Dawson squinted into the sunlight and the tears started again. He knew that Amanda would always be the very best part of him, the self he would always long to know.

I am sorry, my darling, but there will never be another to replace you. The words I whispered to you were folly, and should have realized it then. You- and you alone- have always been the only thing I wanted, and now that you are gone have no desire to find another.

when she was able to imagine a different life that might have been hers, the kind of life she knew that she'd always really wanted

I'm going to call you, okay? After I get back from Europe. She nodded, knowing it was all they had, yet knowing it wasn't enough. Their lives were on separate tracks, now and forever. The summer was over, and they were each moving on. pg. 383

I mean it, I said, and all at once, I knew: This is what I wanted; I wanted Natalie, not just for tonight, but for a lifetime of days and nights like the one we were having right now. (p. 169, Trevor Benson)

and for a brief moment she felt fifteen again. Felt as she hadn't in years, as if all her dreams could still come true.

Te quiero -añadió él-. ¿Sabes cuánto te quiero? Más que todos los peces del mar juntos y hasta más lejos que la luna. Lo sé.