Associations to the word «Wistful»

Wiktionary

WISTFUL, adjective. Full of yearning or longing
WISTFUL, adjective. Sad and thoughtful

Dictionary definition

WISTFUL, adjective. Showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin