#souls

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#far #interpret #monad #only #other

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#craving #men #mountain #new #restless

With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road. Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose, silence of dark rubber, and fear of fine sand. ↗

— Federico Garcia Lorca

#come #dark #down #down the road #fear

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#better #continually #god #make #men

'The Tree of Life' is a collection of conversations that lost souls and true believers have with themselves while keeping their heads to the sky. But the movie is church via the planetarium. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#church #collection #conversations #heads #keeping

Despite the heat in her face, it felt as if cold needles of ice were running up and down her veins. "What are you doing here?" He drew back slightly, looking disappointed. "That isn't really an answer to my question, you know. I was expecting more of a "Hallelujah Chorus.' I mean, it's not every day your boyfriend comes back from the dead." "I already knew you weren't dead." She spoke through numb lips. "I saw you in the library. With--" "Colonel Mustard?" "Sebastian. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #jace #sebastian #running

Do you remember what I told you that first time at Taki's? About faerie food?" "I remember you said you ran down Madison Avenue naked with antlers on your head", said Clary, blinking silver drops off her lashes. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-lost-souls #clary-fray #fairy #jace-lightwood #the-mortal-instruments

It is said that love does not last, that it is just a momentary spell cast upon your soul by some higher power, or a small trick of the mind. If this were all true, there would be no story to tell. ↗

— Natalie Valdes

#love #mind #nirvana #power #souls

I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. ↗

— John Green

#augustus-waters #souls #afterlife

(Jace) "Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?" Only if it falls on Sebastian's head, she thought. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #jace #lol #sebastian #paris