But not without a longing to return as soon as possible.
There is no growth without loss, and no art without longing.
I also talk about the idea of a divided protagonist, that protagonists come to life because they are conflicted, such as Julian in Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge," who can never speak of the old family mansion (or the Old South) without contempt nor think of it without longing.
To this day, I cannot eat fish and chips without secretly longing for Tizer.
Yet Mr. Perry's world travels did not stir any longing for a life on the road.
It's hard to watch the opening of Annie Hall, or the sperm scene from Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, or any of Sleeper, or even his old standup routines from the 1960s without longing for a return of that Woody Allen.
"I could barely think of her without longing.
That I can be sitting here now in another room two floors away from those half-digested stories and be engaged, without longing for them, in an entirely different activity is not something I would have believed possible when I was young.
These meat substitutes can be a great way for a new vegetarian to begin meeting their protein needs without longing for meat products.
Whereas my husband and son both bounce out of bed without so much as a longing glance at the covers, I hit the snooze button until the last possible second, then sleepwalk toward the coffeepot and the shower, in that order.
As a single woman who lives by myself, for the most part I'm able to enjoy my solo life without being plagued by loneliness, longing, or even the sense that I'm missing out on some essential part of existence by being uncoupled.
