"You could string a hundred endless days together,My soul would find no comfort from this pain.You laugh at my tale? You may be educatedBut you haven't learned to love till you're insane."

Longing, Love, Pain, Madness, Emotion

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"You could string a hundred endless days together,My soul would find no comfort from this pain.You laugh at my tale? You may be educatedBut you haven't learned to love till you're insane."

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"My library is an archive of longings."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Longing, Knowledge, Memory, Life, Reflection

"I missed the sound of her shuffling her homework while I listened to music on her bed. I missed the cold of her feet against my legs when she climbed into bed.I missed the shape of her shadow where it fell across the page of my book. I missed the smell of her hair and the sound of her breath and my Rilke on her nightstand and her wet towel thrown over the back of her desk chair. It felt like I should be sated after having a whole day with her, but it just made me miss her more."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"For every man there is a deep longing."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Longing, Regret, Happiness, Life, Truth

"Not realizing that I craved his warmth, his nearness, until he was gone."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Longing, Love, Loss, Emotion

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

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

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"She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Longing, Love, Strength, Fear, Rejection

"Would that death were like this. Would that one would sleep and sleep and sleep forever."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Longing, Death, Sleep, Escape

"I was overpowered by the mere sensation of that dream and it alone survived in my sorely wounded heart."

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian Novelist

Longing, Dream, Sensation, Pain, Heart

"Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first - the story of our quest for sexual love - is well known and well charted, its vagaries form the staple of music and literature, it is socially accepted and celebrated. The second - the story of our quest for love from the world - is a more secret and shameful tale. If mentioned, it tends to be in caustic, mocking terms, as something of interest chiefly to envious or deficient souls, or else the drive for status is interpreted in an economic sense alone. And yet this second love story is no less intense than the first, it is no less complicated, important or universal, and its setbacks are no less painful. There is heartbreak here too."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Longing, Love, Life, Quest, Status

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"I made an oath to myself:as long as I liveas long as my soul remains in this bodyI won't deviate from the right waybut later I looked to my left and then to my rightand I saw our beloved everywherehow could I make a wrong turn?"

Morality

"By the day,I praised you and never knew it, by night, I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought I was me but no,I was you and never knew it."

Unity

"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."

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"Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy."

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"Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know."

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"Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies."

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"My library is an archive of longings."

"For every man there is a deep longing."

"No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach."

"Not realizing that I craved his warmth, his nearness, until he was gone."

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

"She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it."

"Would that death were like this. Would that one would sleep and sleep and sleep forever."

"I was overpowered by the mere sensation of that dream and it alone survived in my sorely wounded heart."

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"I made an oath to myself:as long as I liveas long as my soul remains in this bodyI won't deviate from the right waybut later I looked to my left and then to my rightand I saw our beloved everywherehow could I make a wrong turn?"

"Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion."

"Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation."

"A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home."

"Woman is the light of God."

"By the day,I praised you and never knew it, by night, I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought I was me but no,I was you and never knew it."

"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."

"Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy."

"Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know."

"Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies."