“In my youth and comparative inexperience I had always regarded the yearning and pangs of love as the worst torture that could afflict the human heart. At this moment, however, I began to realize that there was another and perhaps grimmer torture than that of longing and desiring: that of being loved against one's will and of being unable to defend oneself against the urgency of another's passion; of seeing another human being seared by the flame of her desire and of having to look impotently, lacking the power, the capacity, the strength to pluck her from the flames.” LoveHumansLooksHeartMomentsDesirePassionRealizingHuman BeingsSeeingWorstYouthCapacityLongingOneselfFlamesTortureYearningLackingHuman HeartUrgencyBeing LovedPluckInexperience Author:Stefan Zweig
“Wine is a sign of happiness, love and plenty, how many of our adolescents and young people sense that these are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love?” PeopleLoveFeelsLittlesHomeHappinessYoungFoundLeftWonderLonelyWineLongingCastsPlentyEach DayCelebrationElderlyLeft OutLittle LoveHappiness LoveSad And Lonely Author:Pope Francis
“War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” MenLoveWarAgeFunHalfHellMysteryAdventureDespairDiscoveryAnd LoveLongingTerrorPityHolinessNastyThrillingDrudgery Book:The Things They Carried Source: The Things They Carried