#yearn

In the face of death, he had nothing to lose by speaking of the intimacies of love. Yet, in the face of life, he could speak only of its banalities. ↗

— Gerard Brooker

#oh-israel #death

My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all...All my heart has ever wanted is you. ↗

— Stephanie Laurens

#dream #longing #love #need #romance

The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#beautiful #beautiful-moments #beauty #holding-on #life

Every time the wind blows I think of her. I wonder if I could generate electricity off my yearning. Maybe a mind wind farm of some kind. Hopefully I could provide enough power for all the lonely people in my bathtub to stay warm. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#electricity #funny #humor #lonely #power

I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#had #hairdo #high #high school #i

I would always have been the geek who's your friend. I will never be the dark guy with a sensitive side, as much as I yearn to be. ↗

— Jon Cryer

#been #dark #friend #geek #guy

Yearning is not only a good way to go crazy but also a pretty good place to hide out from hard truth. ↗

— Jay Cocks

#crazy #go #good #good place #good way

A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning. ↗

— Lillian Gish

#happy #happy life #learning #life #spent

I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood and adolescence will also disappear. But who knows? Maybe you become part of the eternal whatever. ↗

— Hugh Hefner

#also #become #childhood #come #comfortable

Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives. ↗

— David O. McKay

#cry #follow #light #lives #living