Top 25 Longing Quotes of 228 - Page 4

In the midst of the happiness they brought there was always a lurking shadow. The shadow of incompatibility; of the impossibility of being at once bound and free. The garden breeds a longing for the wild; the wild a

In the midst of the happiness they brought there was always a lurking shadow. The shadow of incompatibility; of the impossibility of being at once bound and free. The garden breeds a longing for the wild; the wild a homesickness for the garden.

Dorothy Richardson

Garden, Shadow, Longing

Dorothy Miller Richardson (1925). “The Trap”

Hope is a longing for a future condition over which you have no agency; it means you are essentially powerless.

Derrick Jensen

Mean, Agency, Longing

Derrick Jensen (2011). “Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization”, p.295, Seven Stories Press

Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him.

David Brainerd

Desire, Way, Longing

David Brainerd (1824). “The Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Society in Scotland, for Propagating Christian Knowledge: Who Died at Northampton, in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age”, p.291

I have always at least, ever since I can remember had a kind of longing for death.

C. S. Lewis

Kind, Remember, Longing

C. S. Lewis (1980). “Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold”, p.80, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

William Ames

End Of The World, Longing, Ends

The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.

Therese of Lisieux

Country, Lying, Longing

How can one live without hope and longing?

Sarah Moon

Longing, Without Hope

The longing for order is at the same time a longing for death, because life is an incessant disruption of order.

Milan Kundera

Order, Life Is, Longing

Milan Kundera (1977). “The farewell party”, Viking Pr

Do you think there's a difference? Between belonging with and belonging to?

Jenny Han

Thinking, Differences, Belonging

Jenny Han (2014). “To All the Boys I've Loved Before”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

Only the tame birds have a longing. The wild ones fly

Elmer Diktonius

Bird, Longing

Longing on a large scale makes history.

Don DeLillo

Longing, Scales, Large Scale

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Reality, Hanukkah, Belonging

"'Vol de Nuit' ('Night Flight')". Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1931.

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.

Saul Bellow

Who We Are, Life Is, Longing

Saul Bellow (2015). “There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction”, p.216, Penguin

The historic period in which we live is a period of reawakening to a commitment of higher values, a reawakening of individual purpose, and a reawakening of the longing to fulfill that purpose in life.

Robert Fritz

Commitment, Purpose, Longing

Robert Fritz (1986). “The Path of Least Resistance: Principles for Creating what You Want to Create”, Stillpoint Pub

My goal is to satisfy the hunger and longing for those who are seeking the truth.

Ravi Zacharias

Goal, Unanswered Questions, Longing

My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop.

Gina Barreca

Looks, Body, Longing

Gina Barreca (2009). “It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World”, p.21, Macmillan