You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after you. It is my duty."
"If you wish to suffer, you do so of your own free will, not on my behalf. Or Father's or Grandmama's or anyone's. You are a fine physician, Thomas. Why is that not enough?"
"Because it isn't," he says with a rare candor. "Only this and the hope of nothing more? A quiet respectability with no true greatness or heroism in it, with only my reputation to recommend me. So you see, Gemma, you are not the only one who cannot rule her own life.

Libba Bray

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He gazed up at the blue sky and knew that heaven—at least in this life—was neither a time nor a place
to be grasped and made into a possession. It came in fleeting moments and then went away again to
leave one nostalgic and yearning and on the verge of tears.
Very much on the verge of tears.
And very frightened.

Mary Balogh

Tags: love heaven yearning tears sky life-and-living fright bliss nostalgic yearn fleeting

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ribbing, moss, seed, and garter are all balanced and combine the yin and yang of knitting

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Tags: knitting yearn

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Be not wishing and pining but thankfully content.  For it is a short bridge between wanting and regret."

- from "Dimpellumpzki

Richelle E. Goodrich

Tags: contentment yearning wish regret wishing longing content gratefulness thankfulness want wanting pine thanks yearn richelle richelle-goodrich pining

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If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.


Dark Jar Tin Zoo

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And finally, she saw him smile. It chased the shadows from his face and made him a boy again. It was a smile that a woman could grow to yearn for.

Joss Alexander

Tags: woman romance yearn

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...be more than a person she would settle for... be a person she would yearn for.

Steve Maraboli

Tags: happiness love true-love marriage relationships in-love yearn don-t-settle

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Desires are what can most easily ruin us, lovely.

Simona Panova

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

Simona Panova

Tags: love kissing romance kiss yearning relationships desires suspense girl desire boy wish gothic young-adult relationship longing loving flirt permission want special forbidden once twice fancy yearn let loved allow goth young-adult-romance forbid young-adult-gothic-romance licence

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You know what, your imagination works faster than your mind.

Simona Panova

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