Here I sit mesmerized by the sight of something I never thought I would see in the light. So my dream was… — Joseph Carlson Copy Share Image
More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Nostalgia can be extremely powerful in the right hands: think of the intense longing in the films Andrei Tarkovsky made after he… — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
People miss those who they love. It brings tears to my eyes to see the longing for me. But it's my decision… — Rani Mukerji 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
“If you can repress for a moment your spinster-like longing to meddle in my affairs,’ said Lymond cuttingly, from the door, ‘I… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
At the heart of the matter of masculine excess is a great longing for the love and approval of a father, a… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
“Music was a chain forged half of silences and half of sound, love was nothing without longing and loss, and were time… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“You still long for freedom, my friend, and that longing is your cage. You do not even realize what you are missing,… — James Curcio Copy Share Image
...yet, unbeknownst to him, it had been kept alive - and it was only now, in listening to Deet's songs, that he… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“And you can glance out the window for a moment, distracted by the sound of small kids playing a made-up game in… — DeLillo Don Copy Share Image
“For Blitz, meanwhile, an almost tragic dilemma had begun. As time passed, he and Giuseppe understood each other better and better, conversing… — Elsa Morante Copy Share Image
When the soul betrays itself and loses the blessed and longed-for fervor, let it carefully investigate the reason for losing it. And… — John Climacus 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
Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven't faded yet. In their… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
At every stage, addiction is driven by one of the most powerful, mysterious, and vital forces of human existence. What drives addiction… — Cornelius Plantinga 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
“It is my prayer, it is my longing, that we may pass from this life together—a longing which shall never perish from… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It rained again.The drippings of my thought float with the downpour,trespassing all the murky ways through,painting you in the rainbow view.” — Madhushree Das Copy Share Image
“It seems that in the spiritual world, we do not really find something until we first lose it, ignore it, miss it,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“An Army wife is probably the only woman in the world who knows and readily accepts that she is the mistress, because,… — Aditi Mathur Kumar Copy Share Image
Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Is this crushing loneliness I feel just for you, or is it really, underneath, the harsh metallic edge of existential longing?" "That's… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
When we first meet what we love, we could become poets for our longing. When we are removed from what we love,… — Martin Prechtel Copy Share Image
“If she could make this journey three times a week while seven-year-old Sierra was at school---then she could get through another long,… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
“Long past the moment when her neck begins to stiffen and ache, she continues to stare into the darkness, even though none… — Larry Watson Copy Share Image
Longing hurts. but sometimes it's good to miss because only the longing shows the true importance that a person has in your… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
“The trouble with magic was that is was messy and dangerous and filled with longing. There were too many moments that made… — Karen Foxlee Copy Share Image
The bitter winds in February were sometimes called the First East Winds, but the longing for spring somehow made them seem more… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
In the marvelous month of May when all the buds were bursting, then in my heart did love arise. In the marvelous… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Looking back, I see that I was born with the subtle sense that material treasures alone, no matter how grand, would never… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
People come and go , they disappoint me and such, but my Lord doesn't. It makes my longing for Him even more,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No waiting the beyond, no peering toward it, but longing to degrade not even death; we shall learn earthliness, and serve its… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on… — Clementine Paddleford Copy Share Image
She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels that she could… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
Because he learned about happiness, he feels lonely for the first time. And because he knows unhappiness, he understands happiness for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
