“You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours.”
Confessions (c. 397)
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“Thank you, dear God
For putting me on this Earth
I feel very privileged
In debt for my thirst”
Downer
Song lyrics, Bleach (1989)
Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,
y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca.
"I Like for You to be Still" (Me Gustas Cuando Callas), p. 37.
Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) (1924)
“Were you listening to a word I said '
'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.”
Source: Shades of Grey
"The Need to Be Naked", from Naked (2002).
Quoted in Mirza Mustafa Katib's Response to Zayn al-Muqarrabin on page 46
Open Letter to Bahá'u'lláh
Source: The End of the Affair
These Dreams of You
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)
“I am yours," he whispered. "I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you.”