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Quotes About Longing

I can't wait to see you again, even if just for a few moments… my heart skips a beat and I get a silly smile that takes over my face… maybe some day you will feel the same way too…
~ Karen Kostyla
"We have tried to run from our love, but our souls crave this magic."
~ Nikki Rowe
A soulmate is someone whom, when you meet, without thinking – without letting your neocortex play into the decision – you feel an instant familiarity, a sense of connection, a longing.
~ Karen Salmansohn
"What are the chances you'd ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back? And what did you do when that person was born half a world away? The math seemed impossible."
~ Rainbow Rowell
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar."
~ Helen Hayes
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
I hate the summer.
~ Anne Lamott
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.
~ Robert Burton
You're like a cold beer, darling, on a long hot summer night.
~ Rod Stewart
It's going to be a long, hot summer, we know that. It's going to be very difficult.
~ Tom DeLay
People everywhere see the True, the Beautiful, and the Good and long to know their source. And, thank God, He has revealed Himself!
~ Eric Metaxas
I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected… but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
~ Nargis Fakhri
Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
~ Damon Galgut
"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with?"
~ Meet Joe Black (1998)
"In a sea of people my eyes will always search for you."
~ Not Only Not Only Journals
"I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."
~ Notting Hill
"I didn't come here to tell you I can't live without you. I can live without you. I just don't want to."
~ Rumor Has It
You meant to make me happy make me sad. Want to make it better better so bad.
~ Sara Bareilles
I think she's afraid to even hug me now. It's my fault, but I miss it, Andrew. I miss it so much it aches sometimes, you
~ J.H. Trumble, Where You Are
My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
They should raise the alcohol age to 60, so at least you'd have something to look forward to at this point.
~ Doug Stanhope
Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with.
~ Robert Browning
Sometimes when I'm with you, I remember things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the rain and the smell of the wind.
~ Haruki Murakami