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"The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit - how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment, how we revel in them, steep our souls in them, intoxicate ourselves with their beguiling fantasies - oh, yes, and how soon and how easily our dream-life and our material life become so intermingled and so fused together that we can't quite tell which is which, anymore."
"There is only one expert who is qualified to examine the souls and the life of a people and make a valuable report - the native novelist. ... And when a thousand able novels have been written, there you have the soul of the people; and not anywhere else can these be had."
"The smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes."
"Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do that's got some dignity to it! Risk your souls! Risk them in good causes; then if you lose them, why should you care? Reform!"
"Somewhere in [China's] soul lurks the cunning of an old dog, and it is a cunning that is strangely impressive. What a strange old soul! What a great old soul!"
"Climbing had captured my soul."
"I felt sick. Buying Kisten’s and my safety from Piscary was so wrong. But it was either that or deal with a demon, and I’d rather keep my soul clean and let my morals get dingy."
"Your welcome means more to me, Ivy Alisha Tamwood, than a thousand souls. Watching Rachel work is a wonder of one catastrophe after another."
"Most of the upper management of I.S. were undead. I always thought it was because the job was easier if you didn't have a soul."
"In a few hours, I’m going to be banished to the surface, my belongings raffled off as novelty items and my living space given to someone else—my reputation destroyed. I’d rather have your head than your soul at this point in my illustrious career.” - Al"
"Ya called Fargo yet?” “No, I’ve been too busy trying to destroy the Guild and corrupt Simon’s soul. Being evil is a full-time job."
"A soul is forged in the fires of adversity, not comfort."
"reading is the soul's salvation"
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever."
"The Soul of Money is an inspired and utterly fascinating book. It will change the way you think about money. ... It is a book for everyone who would like to make the world a better place."
"There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul."
"Base souls have no faith in great individuals."
"The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul."
"Good digestions, the gray monotony of provincial life, and the boredom-ah the soul-destroying boredom-of long days of mild content."
"Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the gods can do nothing against that man."
