I hung a picture of him above my bed and learned by hand the internal workings of the female combustion engine.

See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek!

I miss you.I miss you. I miss you, I miss you.Be ready, because when I see you, I'll never let you go again.

The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.

Imagination doesn't always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.

A mí me ha tocado no estar contigo; no tengo miradas para encontrarteni hay cosa en que pueda reconocerte.

The Decision...I wiped my hands on my pinaforenow sullied and stainednot crisp or pressedas it had been before...

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

God, you smell nice," he whispered. "I've missed that smell. I've missed everything about you, little Ann.

..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.

You kissed me once and now you feel as if you’ve got some special kind of licence to do it whenever you want?

I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real.

We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good.

How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing there was no end.

Desire is when you work hard to achieve something. For an achievable object, its more about making a sudden decision.