“Once in a while will you dream Of the moments I shared with you Moments before we two Drifted apart?”— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com
“Once in a while will you try to give One little thought to me Though someone else may be Nearer your heart?”— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com
“My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for you dear only Why haven't you seen it I'm all for you body and soul I spend my days in longing And wondering why it's me you're wronging”— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com
“You’re allowed to miss the people who were bullets to you, but you’re not allowed to let them shoot you again.”— Reyna Biddy, twitter.com
“They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don’t think it’s possible for you to miss me as much as I’m missing you right now.”— Edna St. Vincent Millay, goodreads.com
“Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost always leaves a scar.”— Philip Sington, amazon.com
“I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a time I can’t believe it now. The memory of being that intimate with somebody. We were so intimate I could puke. I can’t imagine eve…”— Raymond Carver, amazon.com
“Miss someone until they come back, or until you come back, until their absence in your life becomes something to be avoided at all costs. Miss them until you don’t have to anymore, until you’re reunited in your favorite booth in your favorite restaurant ordering your favorite meal, miss them until i…”— Stephanie Georgopulus, thoughtcatalog.com
“Do you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? … The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something.”— Peter Høeg, amazon.com
“I play my cards as best I can, but I lose my luck when you're not here. My darling heart, won't you please give in? I may be strong, but I want you back again.”— Dave Matthews, youtube.com
“I remember thinking I'll go on forever only knowing I'll see you again, but I know the touch of you is so hard to remember, but like that touch I know no other.”— Dave Matthews, youtube.com
“I hear you still talk to me, as if you're sitting in that dusty chair. Makes the hours easier to bear, I know despite the years alone, I'll always listen to you sing your sweet song.”— Dave Matthews, youtube.com
“There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com