Clever Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

Longing, we say, because desire is full of endless distances.

— Robert Hass

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

— Greta Garbo

Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the…

— Joan D. Chittister

Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.

— Kate DiCamillo

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

— Anna Sui

“Impatience, resentment, jealousy and endless "want" are not creative attractors and have no value.”

— Bryant McGill

“One's longing is not so much there for sense-gratification, profit and self-preservation, instead one's karma is there for no other purpose than inquiring after…

— Ramesh Menon

Even a painful longing is some form of presence.

— Anna Kamienska

Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, suffer the pain. Your desires must be disciplined And…

— Rumi

Of one thing alone I am very sure: it is a law of our nature that the memory of longing should survive the more…

— Ellen Glasgow

Do you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? ... The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something.

— Peter Høeg

“The thing about longing is this: It is easy to feel equal to wanting. It is rare to feel equal to having.”

— Helen Humphreys