“...and still Angus drank her in---not ravenously, like the only thing that mattered was clawing off her clothes and devouring her, though the pang of desire to make love to her was always there; no, Angus looked at Jean-Louise like a jewel, like a polished, flawless work of art, fascinating and complicated and beautiful.” LoveDesireUnrequited Love Book:Children of Promise Source: Children of Promise
“A warm quiet, a gentle quiet; something soft and friendly the might have shared if Angus had gotten over her, or if they had gotten married, but couldn't be sustained the way things were between them now. The comfortable feeling between them burned off like mist with each longing glance Angus took at her, wanting more the way men always wanted more---even, or perhaps especially, men who grew up poor. Angus had spent his whole life wanting, and maybe that's why he kept on wanting Jean-Louise; as a boy he'd never known a full stomach, and as a man he couldn't fee satisfation.” LoveDesireUnrequited Love Book:Children of Promise Source: Children of Promise
“Because more than sorry for him, I felt a terrible sameness with Llewellyn, itching like an old scar. I knew something about the pain and the longing that so clearly filled the man--swole up inside him like the bruises on his hands; fit to burst, fit to bleed, fit at last to be said and down away with. I knew too well the ache of loving somebody who just plain don't love you, and never will.” Unrequited LoveUnrequited Love Quotes Book:Holler Source: Holler