Longed Quotes

183 quotes by 166 authors

Come in, Bean. Come in Julian Delphiki, longed-for child of good and loving parents. Come in, kidnapped child, hostage of fate. Come and talk to… — Orson Scott Card
There's some that came here never believing they were dead. They insisted all the way that they were alive, it was a mistake, someone would… — Philip Pullman
Candleford Green was but a small village and there were fields and meadows and woods all around it. As soon as Laura crossed the doorstep,… — Flora Thompson
The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about… — Shirley Hazzard
I've longed for kids since I was very, very young. And so I'm waiting to find the right person, someone who's willing to take on… — Prince Harry
The life of Christ was a life charged with a divine message of the love of God, and He longed intensely to impart this love… — Ellen G. White
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
Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
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
Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I'll… — Bob Seger
All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man… — Bess Myerson
I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults. — Rick Derringer
Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love... — Erica Jong
The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James, or give me… — Ray Bradbury
What I love most in life happens to be the very thing that I do day-to-day, as my work. What would be my hobby, you… — Ryan Adams
The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a dream as long… — Wilhelm Reich
I can't imagine a home without an overflow of books. The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you… — Louise Erdrich
I actually remember feeling delight, at two o'clock in the morning, when the baby woke for his feed, because I so longed to have another… — Margaret Drabble
But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord… — Charles Godfrey Leland
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for… — Ian Mckellen

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