Sentence examples for thoughts and longings from inspiring English sources
Be silent, hide away and let your thoughts and longings rise and set in the deep places of your heart.
In "The Age of Innocence," Newland Archer, imagining an alternative existence to the one that convention has pressed upon him, is described as having "built up within himself a kind of sanctuary" of "his secret thoughts and longings".
Ms. Proulx sparks empathy for the character by exploring his inner thoughts and longings: "For Quoyle was a failure at loneliness, yearned to be gregarious, to know his company was a pleasure to others".
Next he visited the house (called Quinta das Angústias, or Anguished Villa) where she died; he wrote: "for a long time I stood silent amidst thoughts of sorrow and longing under the shadow of a magnificent tree that enfolds and protects the house where the angel, so bitterly wept for, ceased to exist".
Though it's natural to feel this way, you can save these thoughts of wonder and longing for after you end your visit with the person, so you can focus on being there, enjoying every moment you have with the person, and not letting worry keep you from being fully engaged.
She thought human thoughts and stone thoughts.
They sustain a double vision of past and present, childhood reminiscences and grown-up reflections, alienation and longing, thoughts about the "modern kids" who "build it up just to burn it back down".
Immense longing invades my thoughts, and when I see myself as alone and sad as a leaf in the wind, I want to cry.
Screams of anguish and longings to go home.
Her lyrics have always poured out thoughts of longing, solitude and steadfastness that rise toward the philosophical.
