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“We fear what we long for. This is the paradox.”

Book:Double Happiness: One Man's Tale of Love, Loss, and Wonder on the Long Roads of China

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“Beyond aspects of pain that are physical, thought Oppenheimer, sickness or injury or privation, beyond the so-called obvious, suffering can be a work of art. It can be made of buried and rising things, helpless and undiscovered, song of frustrated want, silence after desire. It can be the test of the self falling short, constrained, distorted, disturbed or rebuffed, the vacuum left by longing, call without an answer.”

Inspirational Art Suffering Grief Longing Resilience Atom Bomb Oppenheimer

Book:Oh Pure and Radiant Heart

Source: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart

“La sua voce profonda risuonava attraverso il mio intero essere. Risvegliava sentimenti e sensazioni lasciate in sospeso troppo a lungo.”

Love Friendship Longing Amore Amicizia Desiderio Petra March Amico Mio Irresistibile

Book:Amico mio irresistibile

Source: Amico mio irresistibile

“Ho provato molto seriamente a non pensare a lui. Ho sepolto il suo ricordo sotto i baci, le carezze e le voci di altri ragazzi ma ora tutto ciò che sento, provo e avverto sulla pelle è lui e il suo profumo di cannella.”

Love Friendship Friends Longing Intimacy Amore Cinnamon Amicizia Desiderio Petra March Amico Mio Irresistibile Brina Cannella

Book:Amico mio irresistibile

Source: Amico mio irresistibile

“Amelie seemed to focus on her again. For a few seconds she regarded her, frowning, and then smiled just a little. "So I recall," she said. "Not all wars are waged with bullets and swords, indeed. Some are wars of wills and ideas. It's good we both remember that." The smile faded. "But not all ideas win the war, and not all wills are strong enough. Darkness can descend so easily.”

Wisdom Truth Longing Morganville Vampires Amelie Rachel Caine Bite Club

Book:Bite Club

Source: Bite Club

“The hell with her; I wouldn’t go back. But wouldn’t I? What about later on? Keeping the thought of her out of that bleak hotbox of a room was going to be like trying to dam a river with a tennis racket.”

Love Sex Longing Hate To Love You

Book:The Hot Spot

Source: The Hot Spot

“I have become a sour woman. I take no joy in meat nor mead, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.”

Grief Empty Longing Bitter Woman Emptiness Sour Catelyn

Book:A Clash of Kings

Source: A Clash of Kings

“I felt bad for trying to live a happy, full life, while my heart was buried in a dead man’s chest.”

Love Death Grief Sadness Longing Guilt Love And Loss Widow

Book:Crashing Back Down

Source: Crashing Back Down

“Surely some revelation is at hand.”

Longing Revelation Disenchantment Opacity

Author:W.B. Yeats

“Having beef with someone is unnecessary and avoidable. Whatever the issue, if not positive, it is an opportunity to cut the excess fat from an unhealthy dietary network. Simply excuse yourself from the table of negativity and lean forward in peace.”

Quotes Opportunity Peace Issues Positivity Excess Negativity Confrontation Unhealthy Diet Struggles Beef Network

Book:From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“If only they could listen with their hearts & not their minds, maybe then they would understand that often times it's the emotions not spoken that are longing to be heard.”

Longing True Friendship Emotional Pain

Author:Christine Upton

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