Longed Quotes
183 quotes by 166 authors
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Would you mind repeating that? I'm afraid I might have lost my wits altogether and just hallucinated what I've longed to hear.
— Jeaniene Frost
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In her heart she longed for this man, dreamed of a life that could never be.
— Julia Quinn
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Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming…
— Franz Kafka
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I'm no longer a child and I still want to be, to live with the pirates. Because I want to live forever in wonder. The…
— Kathy Acker
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Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his…
— Homer
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He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing,…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up,…
— Seamus Heaney
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My youngest brother had a wonderful schtick from some time in high school, through to graduating medicine. He had a card in his wallet that…
— Guy Gavriel Kay
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He wanted to be loved for being just what he was. In this community of Yskalnari there was harmony, but no love. He no longer…
— Michael Ende
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...the girl longed for a love that could not be ended by death. From the time she was young, she knew that her true love…
— Martine Leavitt
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Perhaps they were looking for passion; perhaps they delved into this book as into a mysterious parcel - a gift box at the bottom of…
— Margaret Atwood
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Which doesn't mean, of course, that I'd stopped loving her, that I'd forgotten her, or that her image had paled; on the contrary; in the…
— Milan Kundera
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Do you recall, from your childhood on, how very much this life of yours has longed for greatness? I see it now, how from the…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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She knew, of course that she was being supremely unfair, that Franz was the best man she ever had- he was intelligent, he understood her…
— Milan Kundera
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Smarmy little prig,†Will snarled, leaning father forward, as if he longed to reach through the magical portal and strangle Gabriel. “When I get him…
— Cassandra Clare
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Endless moons, an opaque universe, thunder, tornadoes, the quaking earth. Rare moments of peace; forehead up against my knees, arms around my head, I though,…
— Shan Sa
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No. No games. He wanted her and didn't care who knew it. He definitely and absolutely wanted her, longed for her, wanted to do more…
— Douglas Adams
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He longed for the deep as she longed for the night sky and for white lilies floating on water -- although she still tried to…
— Cornelia Funke
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It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
— Lisa Kleypas
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You must do whatever you think is best. But I know one thing. Nothing meant more to Graystripe than your friendship and his Clan. Even…
— Erin Hunter
Who Wrote These Longed Quotes
166 authors contributed a total of 183 Longed Quotes, led by these top contributors: