(208 quotes found)
“The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment”
Malcolm Muggeridge
“'Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.”
Bertrand Russel
“I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.”
Richard Wagner
“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.”
Charles Lamb
“Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession. And still we hear, If only this nation had a soul, or, Let us change the way we trade, or, Let us be proud of our region.”
Leonard Cohen
“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
Kahlil Gibran
“I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of ice on a hot day, but he wishes he were writing in stone.”
Arthur Miller
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.”
William Shakespeare
“Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.”
Kay Knudsen
“I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry, the”
Sonia Johnson
