“It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.”
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
“It was a long, long time since anyone had hugged him, so he hugged himself.”
“DEDICATED TO: YOU -it has been so long,too long,since you have had a home.”
“Had I forgotten how to cry? Was that possible? In order to survive, I had long since buried my emotions.”
“Hasn't it been a long time since you had a flying dream?”