#soul

I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets. ↗

— Roman Payne

#europe #fortune #fortunes #gypsies #gypsy

His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul. ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#language #song #soul #speech #speech

I write Not For the sake of glory Not For the sake of fame Not For the sake of success But for the sake of my soul ↗

— Beth Nimmo

#soul #writing #fame

Levi will kill me the minute he sees me, and I don't trust Madeline. There's something in her eyes..." "I believe that's integrity and dedication in her job." "Yeah. It's disturbing. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#soul-screamers #thane #integrity

Who was it who said, "I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish?" Whoever it was, I agree with him. ↗

— A. Edward Newton

#buying-books #infinity #reading #soul #diversity

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#disappointment #expectation #hope #much #sort

So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#soul #greed

A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#soul #art

Magnus's eyes went back to Alec. They were gold-green, as unreadable as the eyes of the cat he held on his lap. "Not my favorite topic, Smedley." "Simon", said Simon. "If I'm going to die for you all, the least you could do is remember my name. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-bane #simon-lewis #the-mortal-instruments #cat

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. Many times in our lives we see our dreams shattered and our desires frustrated, but we have to continue dreaming. If we don't, our soul dies, and agape cannot reach it. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#goal #life #soul #dreams