Until he does, one must shake one's head in sadness at a fine mind longing for the Cold War, or for a new villain to justify a wrong-headed empirial militancy in the Middle East, or who knows what.
The word that comes to mind is longing, pure longing.
"To have feelings, states of mind, memory, longing," Doctorow writes: That is what sets us apart.
I suppose, in the end, the horsemeat scandal has simply left me longing for some peace of mind.
My mind wanders off, longing for summer days gone by as 20, 25 seconds pass.
Longing for retribution is longing for retribution.
They transcend borders, and penetrate the hearts and minds of people longing for a sense of power in their lives.
Close at hand, though longing in earnest and calling to mind some distant place.
Royal Bangs, from Knoxville, Tenn., have a whole lot on their minds at once: lust, longing, consumerism, geopolitics, grand melodies, frenetic beats, progressive-rock arpeggios, garage-rock wallop, maybe even a Celtic jig (in "Fireball").
The works, all incredibly personal and often painful, look like a screen capture inside the minds of these women longing to escape their societal roles.
