Quotes about Longings

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You need to belong to yourself, and let others belong to themselves too. You need to be free and detached from things an — Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps
The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win. — Anthony Liccione
Later, you told me what your mother had said. How your father, the farmer, rose up slowly. You told me how your mother w — Jon Gresham, We Rose Up Slowly
As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It d — Roz Chast
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and — Albert Einstein
And when the earth began to rumble and quake, as fear and frantic set in, he ran back inside the house past his wife and — Anthony Liccione
You will find what you are looking for when you realize God has placed those longings in your heart as a divine desire — your hunger is a gift from God to draw you to Him. It's a holy want with a holy fulfillment. Everything you really need and want is offered by and found in Him.
Well, let's argue this out, Mr Blank. You, who represent Society, have the right to pay me four hundred francs a month. — Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied. — Criss Jami, Healology
That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lo — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The gilded spiralOf longings within.Our very own cathedralThat points persistently to heaven. — Scott Hastie
Either I shall find it, or I shall not find it. I examine my note-case. I look in all my pockets. These are the things t — Virginia Woolf, The Waves
Some thoughts are like old piece of belongings that need to be disposed to move on. — Richmond Akhigbe
He looked like someone pretending to be a knight, which was bad. He figured pretending to be something he actually wante — Liam Perrin, Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights
How safe and secure is the internet?Well.....Would you leave all your worldly belongings on the road and expect them to — Anthony T. Hincks
I'm comming to You.You are blazing.I'm giving You a rose.It embalms sweet.I'm givin a kiss...I melt of You.I melt and fl — Martins Paparde
Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own. — Osman Doluca
Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism? — Colson Whitehead, The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
The Marquess shrugged. “I’m a shadow. I do know I am a shadow, Iago. I know most of the time. It’s only when I cannot be — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
Minli suddenly thought of Ma and Ba. A wave of longing washed through her and a dryness caught in her throat that the te — Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon