Quotes about Yearning
This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away.
— Erica Jong
It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
No one has yet believed in God and the kingdom of God, no one has yet heard about the realm of the resurrected, and not been homesick from that hour, waiting and looking forward joyfully to being released from bodily existence.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.
— Dolly Parton
A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.
— Milan Kundera
There is nothing on earth that can satisfy our deepest longing. We long to see God. The leaves of life are rustling with the rumor that we will - and we won't be satisfied until we do.
— Max Lucado
If there is not at least a yearning in our hearts to live a holy life pleasing to God, we need to seriously question whether our faith in Christ is genuine.
— Jerry Bridges
It was when I was happiest that I longed most...The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing...to find the place where all the beauty came from.
— CS Lewis
I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference.
— Ernest Hemingway
I am always in love.
— Ernest Hemingway
When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.
— Ernest Hemingway
You'll ache. And you're going to love it. It will crush you. And you're still going to love all of it.
— Ernest Hemingway