When he becomes one himself, he aches to know.
He might be dapper and superior in manner, but he aches with longing.
He aches for Scarlett, is wounded by her tantrums and her indifference, and confides his fears to his sister.
He aches at the knowledge that his daughter, Eva, has stumbled into drug addiction and sexual promiscuity.
He and his daughter "both yearn," he writes: she wants to be older than she is, while he aches to "experience culture at an ever more elevated level".
I lied to you, dear reader, when I suggested it was over: I yearn for S. still and he aches for me.
He cries for milk who gave it taste, He aches for touch of skin, Yet he spun every human hair, And ushered love begin.
Harry is awkward and eager and totally N.O.C.D. (not our class, dear), but he aches, improbably, to be part of this retrograde crowd.
He still does not know if David and Kevin can reconcile, and neither does David, although he says he aches for it.
He says he aches for the parents but believes none of this would have happened if the young men had not been in his house when they should not have been.
Later, Tilda Swinton says she thinks he has the look of "a tired child who has laughed so much he aches – but finds it too complicated to fully explain the joke".
