Longings Quotes

102 Longings quotes by 93 unique authors

Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then… — Eric Hoffer
Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you. — Frank Herbert
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me. — William Shakespeare
The sight of a child…will arouse certain longings in adult, civilized persons — longings which relate to the unfulfilled desires and needs of those parts… — Carl Jung
It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. I had left this woman… — Charlotte Bronte
...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for. — Alan Hollinghurst
...Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seem to have made a man of him, giving him the strength and… — Louisa May Alcott
Think of these pages as graffiti maybe, and where I have scratched up in a public place my longings and loves, my grievances and indecencies,… — Frederick Buechner
That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The great thing about fantasy is that you can drag dreams and longings and hopes and fears and strivings out of your subconscious and call… — Robin McKinley
Where else would she feel more comfortable than in this subterranean realm where people wrote down what they couldn't say, where they gave voice to… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer,… — Marsha Norman
How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much. As cages go,… — Libba Bray
It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity… — Mark Twain
How mysterious it is, to be in love. For you can be in love with one who knows nothing of you. Perhpas our greatest happinesses… — Joyce Carol Oates
I'd rather do something than read about it." "That's fine, but if you do it, and then can't think what it means, it's never much… — Dean Hughes
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we… — Jane Yolen
One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen. — John O'Donohue
If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we may… — Madeleine L'Engle
I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings. — Helen Keller
I have done what they expected of me. I have curtsied for my Queen and made my debut. This is what I have anticipated eagerly… — Libba Bray
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done,… — Warren G. Bennis
History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has… — Wendell Berry
No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power… — Arthur C. Clarke
You stand next to the sea and you're in touch with all your longings and all your losses. — Elizabeth Hay

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