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"A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls."
"There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom."
"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."
"But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself."
"No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion"
"It is important for those of us who are Christian to remember that our physical lives don't last forever. Our souls will last an eternity, and thus we should place even more emphasis on the health of our souls than the health of our bodies."
"Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty."
"When you meet your 'soul mate' you'll feel calm. No anxiety, No agitation."
"From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek."
"I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ."
"That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane"
"Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love. Such a wrong is not easily forgotten. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. And such a wrong may react disastrously upon the soul."
"Sing then the core of dark and absolute oblivion where the soul at last is lost in utter peace."
"But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more."
"It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul. One's body is so much more exacting: what it won't have it won't have, and nothing can make bitter into sweet."
"The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence."
"When we talk about ourselves, about others, or simply about things, we want- it could be said – to reveal ourselves in our words: We want to show what we think and feel. We let other have a glimpse into our soul."
"Emotions are the color of the soul."
"I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive."
"We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us."
