#spirits

An intelligent woman with allies can accomplish anything ↗

— Margaret Plant

#plant #spirits #intelligence

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb. ↗

— Benjamin Rush

#employed #even #frozen #hot #hot water

Shahid was the free spirit of the Kamal family: a dreamer, an idealist, a wanderer on the face of the earth--or, as Ahmed would put it, a lazy fuckwit. ↗

— John Lanchester

#families #free-spirits #idealists #laziness #wanderers

It's happened to me, and it's probably happened to you. From the first exchange of good mornings they had recognized in each other a kindred soul. Though neither spoke much to start with, they felt an immediate ease in each other's company that was both surprising and yet the most natural thing in the world. ↗

— Nicholas Drayson

#kindred-spirits #friendship

There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same world-weariness I saw in my own every morning when I looked at myself in the mirror. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#kindred-spirits #olga-belododia #partners #realization #recognition

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#die #ecstasy #men #spirits #while

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#always #encountered #mediocre #minds #opposition

Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage. ↗

— Jose Bergaman

#cause #damage #drinking #spirits #spiritual

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#around #been #campfire #down #evil

I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#angels #aware #body #credence #fancy