Longing Quotes


Benvolio What sadness lengthens Romeos hours Romeo Not having that which having makes them short. William Shakespeare Longing 111
It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible. Samuel Beckett Longing 107
I realized that the longing for art like the longing for love is a malady that blinds us and makes us forget the things we already know obscuring reality. Orhan Pamuk Longing 82
Youre this anesthetic against loneliness that I so desperately need. Jaf Liethers Longing 82
The longing for sweets is really a yearning for love or sweetness. Marion Woodman Longing 75
But why she thought wryly did a man seem more attractive as he became less available How humbling to think one had so much in common with a cow stretching its neck through a gate for better grass. Mary Jo Putney Longing 74
Looking from the window at the fantastic light and colour of my glittering fairyworld of fact that holds no tenderness no quietude I long suddenly for peace for understanding. Daphne du Maurier Longing 71
I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin after you. Harper Lee Longing 69
Till then I wasnt alive I longed for you like the love sick moon pulls the tide Corinne Bailey Rae Longing 63
I dont know what they are called the spaces between seconds but I think of you always in those intervals. Salvador Plascencia Longing 61
Sometimes when I look at you I feel Im gazing at a distant star. Its dazzling but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesnt even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything. Haruki Murakami Longing 59
terucap rindu sepasang insan.. geliat sang cinta di lubuk hati.. terurai kata nan indah menawan.. gundah pun sirna dibuai si mimpi. Toba Beta Longing 55
Min ene sko knirker af mangel p stjerneskud Benny Andersen Longing 54
Orito banishes all thoughts of Jacob de Zoet and recalls Jacob de Zoet. David Mitchell Longing 54
It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream but sort of washed out like a thin watercolor. Softer somehow even with their electric light and engines and everything. I guess it was because there was hardly any magic. Garth Nix Longing 52
My longing for truth was a single prayer. Edith Stein Longing 51
We have it in our head that if we fill our stomachs well fill our hearts. Kate Wicker Longing 50
If your heart is broken do you have a phantom heart Damon Suede Longing 49
Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a thud of pain like a bruised place inside her. Jeanne DuPrau Longing 49
It isnt for want of something to say something to tell you something you should know but to detain you keep you from going feeling myself here as long as you are as long as you are Cid Corman Longing 47
You can miss a person youve never known. Jodi Picoult Longing 46
My heart only ever had one thought one want. One need. Despite all in spite of all...All my heart has ever wanted is you. Stephanie Laurens Longing 46
And there you have it...if I knew that I could only have a few nights in that mans arms or nothing I would take those magic nights and use them to keep me warm for the rest of my life. Karen Marie Moning Longing 46
The loneliest days are the ones where you keep company with someone you love who cant hear you. Holly Robinson Longing 45
Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left. Brian Andreas Longing 45
I prayed for all his dreams to come true. I prayed that I would always be able to connect with himeven if I was no longer on earth. Alexandra Adornetto Longing 44
Sufre mas el que espera siempre que aquel que nunca espero a nadie Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he whos never waited for anyone Pablo Neruda Longing 43
Did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there.. Train Longing 43
I kept it to remind me that although there is evil there is sometimes beauty and light. You Jillian. You were always my light. Karen Marie Moning Longing 41
... this longing inside me that never goes away must be a poem...must be you ... John Geddes Longing 38
Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart if they exist I will still not have the power to forget you. Ovid Longing 38
The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it. Vera Nazarian Longing 37
The restlessness and the longing like the longing that is in the whistle of a faraway train. Except that the longing isnt really in the whistleit is in you. Meindert DeJong Longing 37
I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world an eternal world that would wash away my temporary misery. Craig Thompson Longing 37
Theres a taste in the air sweet and vaguely antiseptic that reminds him of his teenage years in these streets and of a general state of longing a hunger for life to begin that from this distance seems like happiness. Ian McEwan Longing 36
There is a space between mans imagination and mans attainment that may only be traversed by his longing. Kahlil Gibran Longing 36
He was in my hair my eyes my fingers my heart. I daydreamed about what he was doing thinking seeing smelling feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him. Lisa See Longing 35
Thou has made us for thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in Thee. Saint Augustine of Hippo Longing 35
They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same but I dont think its possible for you to miss me as much as Im missing you right now Edna St. Vincent Millay Longing 35
All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities. Spalding Gray Longing 35
...and I suddenly feel that Henry is there incredible need for Henry to be there and to put his hand on me even while it seems to me that Henry is the rain and I am alone and wanting him Clare Audrey Niffenegger Longing 35
Until the longing came again like the longing that you hear in the whistle of a train that is going far away. But the longing isnt really in the whistle the longing is in youfor the wonder and the loveliness that is in the world and everywhere. Meindert DeJong Longing 35
Theres nothing good about goodnight when it means goodbye. Jeff Thomas Longing 34
For the first time she did want more. She did not know what she wanted knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest content with what she had but she knew an emptiness deep inside her which began to ache. Iain Pears Longing 34
Shed been in love with the man and love is a scary thing. If not reciprocated it can turn a person into a monster. Michele Young Stone Longing 34
How sad he thought that desire found new objects but did not abate that when it came to longing there was no end. Allegra Goodman Longing 34
Desire is an appetite quickly sated. Longing is a wound an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause whatever the duration it almost always leaves a scar. Philip Sington Longing 33
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. Christina Rossetti Longing 33
Erotic longing is really a longing to merge with something greater than oneself. For every kind of love is a force that holds the promise of taking us beyond the limitations of our individual lives. Julianne Davidow Longing 33
But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. Mark Haddon Longing 33

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