I Longed Quotes

50 quotes by 46 authors

• Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed to get away from myself...I felt almost pressed to death with my own… — David Brainerd
• The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter. — Tatum O'Neal
• I longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to think of meeting… — David Brainerd
• I longed to return to that bloody riverbank, to throw myself in the path of the final arrow, to die ignorant, and so, in love.… — Robin Wasserman
• I longed to break out of the system and do different roles. — Leslie Caron
• I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings. — Patti Smith
• I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their rules, tried my… — Leslie Feinberg
• I longed to be a writer, always wanted to be a writer. — Fannie Flagg
• I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there. — Mitt Romney
• My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
• An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in beautiful bright colors:… — Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
• I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women.… — Linda Evans
• I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied. — Julia Margaret Cameron
• I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I'd logged 100 hours at the controls. — Kent McCord
• How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine… — Burl Ives
• Many nights, I longed for home. But it occurred to me as I struggled for a feeling of comfort and safety: I have no idea… — Liz Murray
• I longed to be a flame of fire continually glowing in the divine service and building up of Christ's kingdom to my last and dying… — David Brainerd
• The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it.… — Frederick Douglass
• The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone. — Wendy Wasserstein
• I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed… — Sonny Rollins

Who Wrote These I Longed Quotes

46 authors contributed a total of 50 I Longed Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 I Longed Quotes by David Brainerd
• 2 I Longed Quotes by Kelley Armstrong
• 2 I Longed Quotes by Albert Camus
• 1 I Longed Quote by Sonny Rollins
• 1 I Longed Quote by Bess Myerson
• 1 I Longed Quote by Ravi Zacharias
• 1 I Longed Quote by Lisa See
• 1 I Longed Quote by Robert Penn Warren
• 1 I Longed Quote by C.S. Lewis
• 1 I Longed Quote by Kathy Acker
• 1 I Longed Quote by Milan Kundera
• 1 I Longed Quote by Shan Sa
• 1 I Longed Quote by Tahir Shah
• 1 I Longed Quote by Anne Bronte
• 1 I Longed Quote by Elizabeth Berg
• 1 I Longed Quote by Joni Eareckson Tada
• 1 I Longed Quote by Jean Sasson
• 1 I Longed Quote by Tatum O'Neal
• 1 I Longed Quote by Henri Barbusse
• 1 I Longed Quote by Robin Wasserman
• 1 I Longed Quote by Beverly Cleary
• 1 I Longed Quote by Leslie Caron
• 1 I Longed Quote by Edmund White
• 1 I Longed Quote by Patti Smith
• 1 I Longed Quote by Jane Gardam