He knew that all things human are transitory and therefore that it must cease one day or another. He looked forward to… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again. For then the night will more than… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
What are the stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7).… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“What men classify as living is often but the discontentment of making oneself itch just to enjoy the scratch.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
.. now i begin to feel a longing so great, so sharp, i fear it will never be assuaged. i think it… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Glad and merry and sweet is the blessed and lovely demeanour of our Lord towards our souls, for he saw us always… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
“She brushed the tears from their faces and sang them a melancholy lullaby. Her obvious devotion to her daughters pulled at my… — A.B. Shepherd Copy Share Image
Sometimes you only miss the memories not the person you shared them with. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One night when my longing for her was like a fire burning out of control in my heart and my head, I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“What a deep [trust] in the rationality of the structure of the world and what a longing to understand even a small… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If there was a God, he'd guide the winds, let them blow for me so that, with a tug of my string,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My mind is full of secrets I'm too afraid to tell. My body's full of longing for you to know me well. — Heather Nova Copy Share Image
You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to… — Nelson Algren Copy Share Image
I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing… — Stormie Omartian Copy Share Image
loneliness is a twilight moment by feelings, longing after something or someone you can not reach — Istvan Molnar Copy Share Image
I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
“The Portuguese call it saudade: a longing for something so indefinite as to be indefinable. Love affairs, miseries of life, the way… — Anthony De Sa Copy Share Image
We are called by God to live by faith and in spirit, to long and desire for His promises. It's not yet… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
Music in a movie might tell you about longing. It might tell you about fear. It might tell you any number of… — Fred Schepisi Copy Share Image
Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work,… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image