In temper these letters ranged from a perfunctory amiability to genuine longing to have me again.

Beneath the media fanfare about "heroes," in the divided heart of the upwardly mobile, this romance with the worker reflects a genuine longing too.

Some characters are made fun of, as is the culture itself, but there is also a genuine longing for the sense of stability, comfort and togetherness that the culture provides.

"She is a beautiful child," Ayla said, smiling at them and looking at the little girl with genuine longing.

'Probably not,' said Mort, adding with genuine longing, 'I've heard about boredom but I've never had a chance to try it.'

Emotive and melodious, enthusiastic and imaginative, The [Heartbeat] is a slow-burn masterpiece of musicianship rooted in a genuine longing to commune with our Creator.

This is why I wrote my novel, at least in part: to ridicule the secular distortion of what was once a genuine spiritual longing.

When he tries to seduce a woman with "I Could Write a Book," the genuine romantic longing in the melody and the con man's flattery in the lyric are each kept in sharp focus.

But Duffy's moving title track "Endlessly" conjures a genuine longing in it' stripped-down simplicity, making for one of the best tracks on the album--romantic film soundtrack compilers, take note.

Does all this backward gazing satisfy a genuine longing for closure?