Quotes about Longing

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I will never claim to know what you are thinking. I only hope I am on your mind. — Amanda Mosher, Better to be able to love than to be loveable
For the first time in my life, I felt the pain of missing people I had not yet left. — Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors
It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't — Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Pa never told stories like Grandpa. Or treated the barn like family. Eli knew how Grandpa’s own pa had built the barn by — Sandra Neil Wallace
The fundamental emotional need of every child is being-with. — Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D.
I wonderif you ever read my poemsand wish they were writtenfor you. — Kamand Kojouri
The problem with stealing the magician's assistant from a carnival was that you were always waiting for her to disappear — Erika Swyler, The Mermaid Girl: A Story
To be able to open the heart again after betrayal, injury, or loss is a precious act. It requires both courage and compa — Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
Life is energy and, as such, it belongs to all, reaches all, and blesses all. — Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion
It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible. — Samuel Beckett
A man wants too many things before marriage, but only peace after it. — Pawan Mishra, Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
My library is an archive of longings. — Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
The waltz held the feeling you get when you finish a well-loved book. It left me longing for something I couldn't name. — Louise Miller, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
...I have big dreams, too. I used to think that made me different and strange. But when I came here and found all these — Walt Disney Company, Belle's Discovery
I long for the day when I hear the musicwithout any song. — Kamand Kojouri
The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our he — Donna Goddard, Love's Longing
It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity — Donna Goddard, Love's Longing
A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never f — bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
Living a life somewhere else in your mind is nothing more than being a prisoner where you are. — Shannon L. Alder
Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious! — Héloïse d'Argenteuil, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse