“He longed for the oblivion at the end of it, but lacked the courage to face the fall” — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“longed for something I couldn’t have, or more appropriately, that I’d never had — except in my dreams.” — Karice Bolton Copy Share Image
“He longed to revenge himself on everyone for his own unseemliness” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I longed to be wrapped in his arms again, pour my troubles, make everything feel okay, even if it wasn't — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even if you love me no more, I will always and still the girl who longed to be with you in every… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She had longed for adventure, and now that it was happening to her, she was not sure how she felt about it.” — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied. — Julia Margaret Cameron Copy Share Image
“I thought of him now-in his room-watching the sunrise; hoping I should soon come to say I would stay with him and… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“...Lina longed suddenly for a sliver of that must have been her mother's allure, and talent, and passion, and willingness to embrace… — Tara Conklin Copy Share Image
“Um...Mercer? Haven't seen you in nearly a month. I was expecting something like, 'Oh Cross, love of my heart, fire of my… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I defected to South Korea in search of freedom of speech and movement. I had longed to put my feet on this… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
“She longed to reach up, stroke his face, wrap her arms around his neck, and pull him closer. She longed to swim… — Tinthia Clemant Copy Share Image
“But it was my parents I longed for mostly. I wanted to be a little girl again and cuddle into them, wriggling… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
[Last words:] My Lord, it is time to move on. Well then, may your will be done. O my Lord and my… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“I invited Miss MacFarlane because I could see that there was something between the two of you." "Something that I longed to… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“But what Tyler longed for was to have The Feeling arrive; when every flicker of light that touched the dipping branches of… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“I had set myself an unattainable ideal. Such human skill I could summon wasn’t enough for the job. I felt the suicidal… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
How I waited for you! How I longed for you! he stammered. "I thought of you all the time. I saw you… — Henri Barbusse Copy Share Image
This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“This was it. This was what she had longed for throughout the lonely years of her girlhood. Suddenly she felt lonelier than… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“In your honesty, I saw a reflection of myself. Or rather, of the man I longed to be. So I failed you.… — Renee Ahdieh Copy Share Image
He wanted to be loved for being just what he was. In this community of Yskalnari there was harmony, but no love.… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“Mina: for centuries, I have been alone. I have nearly perished from loneliness, and yet I could not die. I have longed… — Syrie James Copy Share Image
“…that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“And as for the vague something --- was it a sinister or a sorrowful, a designing or a desponding expression? --- that… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“But still I was curious to know what sort of an explanation she would have given me—or would give now, if I… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
“Deep down, all the while, she was waiting for something to happen. Like a sailor in distress, she kept casting desperate glances… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
At this time Charybdis sucked down the seas salt water, but I reached high in the air above me, to where the… — Odysseus Copy Share Image
“In the shadows of the dreamland, he waits. He watches the gaping windows to the world he had so longed to open.… — Kelly Creagh Copy Share Image