Vanessa

“There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.”
― Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam

“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen.”
― John O'Donohue

“But why, she thought wryly, did a man seem more attractive as he became less available? How humbling to think one had so much in common with a cow stretching its neck through a gate for better grass.”
― Mary Jo Putney, The Bargain

“How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing there was no end.”
― Allegra Goodman, The Cookbook Collector