Longing Quotes

Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.

My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful.

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.

My longing for truth was a single prayer.

'Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally.

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

It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I who had never been away from the monotonous country surrounding us looked forward eagerly to seeing the mountains.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.