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"If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions, not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors."
"And much of Madness, and more of Sin, And Horror the soul of the plot."
"A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul."
"If in many of my productions terror has been the thesis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany, but of the soul."
"When we invoke the soul we move from the realm of information to the more vital realm of wisdom, the attainment of which is the only true value of learning."
"Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs."
"Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide."
"O! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul! Who think it solitude to be alone."
"Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part."
"The soul of man was made to walk the skies."
"I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable."
"The darkness enveloped us. All I could hear was the violin and it was as if Juliek's soul had become the bow. He was playing his life...He played that which he would never play again."
"What we call Life is a condition of the soul. And the soul must improve in happiness and wisdom, except by its own fault. These tears in our eyes, these faintings of the flesh, will not hinder such improvement."
"Souls are gregarious in a sense, but no soul touches another, as a general rule."
"The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,And placed it by thee on a golden throne,-- And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)Is by thee only, whom I love alone."
"What profound reward you must glean from studying the world so closely....Too many people turn away from small wonders, I find. There is so much more potency to be found in detail than generalities, but most souls cannot train themselves to sit still for it."
"I tried to reassure him with every line about how the world is hard and unfair sometimes, but that it's all OK because he is so loved. He is surrounded by souls who would do anything to help him. And not only that--he has wisdom and patience of his own, buried deep inside his being, which will only reveal themselves over time and will always carry him through any trial. He is a gift from God to all of us."
"I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it. Then I remembered that line from Jaws and couldn't help smiling: 'We're gonna need a bigger boat."
"I don’t think I could have picked a worse guy to be my soul mate."
"Too late, too late, juice pouring does not a kind soul make, and I killed you."
