“Once, long ago, I heard the mermaids singing, but I do not think they will sing to me now.” — Toby R. Beeny Copy Share Image
I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The fact is that man has no longing for any other nature but desires only to be perfect in his own. — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
Daring to dream what is deepest in our collective longings is what makes us most human and fully alive. — Wendy Wright Copy Share Image
Sweet like candy to my soul ~~ Sweet you rock and sweet you roll ~~ Lost for you Im so lost for you — Dave Matthews Band Copy Share Image
I can go days without talking to you, months without seeing you, but not a second goes by that I'm not thinking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“There is a difference between the two. It’s a discreet longing—an added bit of effort—that turns a hug into a hold.” — Zimmer, Kristen Copy Share Image
“If I wanted to be free of this unrequited longing, I would have to make peace with the past and finally let… — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
You're always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To quench my longing I bent me low By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow In that magical wood… — Sarojini Naidu Copy Share Image
“..and when he let her go, it was as if she had been filled and didn't realize it until he pulled away… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Some people say the worst way to miss someone is when they are right next to you and you know you can't… — Mayurkumar Solanki Copy Share Image
When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work.… — Kabir Copy Share Image
“If I could, I would work my way backward, paring away the years. I would reel my life arouond the wheel of… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“She had come to analysis because she was, as she put it, “ruining her children.” ... “But you are so frustrating,” she… — DeSales Harrison Copy Share Image
The cosmos exploded, actualizing its potentiality of space and time. The centers of power, like fragments of a bursting bomb, were hurled… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
I believe that it is truly important for everyone to confront in dialogue the historical reality of the Reformation, its consequences and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Sometimes she sat against the wall, longing for the warm finger of paint to wander just once more down the side of… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The yearning sadness of a farewell stole plaintively across her heart as she recalled those sweet sessions when she stood with him… — Walter Greenwood Copy Share Image
“He used to sit down beside her and embrace her. She was cold, returning his caresses but sparingly. Looking straight into her… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I want to move on, but somewhere in my heart still misses you being here. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No secrets, no longing, no desperate hoping Just reach out and grab from a world cracked open.” — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“I am pinned to my seat with pity and horror and a weird, twisted affection laced with longing and traces of lust.” — Michelle Knudsen Copy Share Image
Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Feeling and longing are the motive force behind all human endeavor and human creation,” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Marriage is the result of the longing for the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise-longue. — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
Veils of love which was only hate petrified by longing--that was me. — Louise Erdrich 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
Part of me longs for the fabled trembling knees. Heart in my mouth and butterflies in my belly moments. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation. — William James Copy Share Image
Have gentle utterances that will inspire a superior longing for all time… — Philip the Apostle Copy Share Image
We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“You don't need to belong to one another in order to love one another.” — Eka Kurniawan Copy Share Image
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
