Famous quotes containing the word longing:
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.”
—Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879)
“At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it; breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death.”
—Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)
“This longing for the bliss of the commonplace.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)