“How far from the beginning are we? When did we first start to feel the wound? … This staunchless wound, the great… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“The great longing of an unquiet heart is to possess constantly and consciously the loved one, or, failing that, to be able… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
[Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“I have a great longing for a particular sort of world in which one can work and breathe and sometimes be insanely… — Anna Seghers Copy Share Image
My great longing is to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes in reality, so that they may become, yes, lies… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
“She would almost prefer to fold her arms and sink into an eternal slumber, so that the great longing of her soul… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“But sometimes, I have a great longing to hear something different from praise, for my soul sickens of too sweet a diet.… — John Beevers Copy Share Image
“They had left the silo in cleaning suits as all cleaners do, because a life cooped up becomes intolerable, and to stagger… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image