54 quotes found
“Sometimes souls are meant to meet and fleet for they have different contracts to complete.”
“Rebecca's eyes were like faith,"the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Under her delicately etched brows they glowed like two stars, their dancing lights half hidden i...”
“Of everythingI have ever endured,YOUareMy Favourite Tragedy.”
“Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.”
“Trying not to let your lack of depth bring out the irritable in me-- there is only so much shallow an ocean can handle.”
“What stays with you longest and deepest? Of curious panics, of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what deepest remains?”
“The thing which disappoints me most about the human race is the extraordinary lack of substance and depth, and the avoidance of opportunities where there is a possibility of experiencing something ...”
“Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.”
“Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self.Don't limit yourself to being a me...”
“Thoughts and sorrows seem to have remained on the other side of the mountains. Between tormented men and hateful deeds, a person has to think and sorrow so much! Back there it is so difficult and s...”
“Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it stand for?"They are trying to take every...”
“We have tried to run from our love, but our souls crave this magic.”
“I didn't know someone whom I wasn't seeking, could make me feel like I didn't need to search anymore.”
“I dont much care for all this talk of God washing away all my dirt. I like a bit of grit around the edges. It gives me character and does a passable job of faking depth, from a distance.”
“It is a part of probability that many improbabilities will happen.”
“He showed the fineness of his nature by being kinder to me after that misunderstanding than before. Nay, the very incident which, by my theory, must in some degree estrange me and him, changed, ind...”
“I can't fathom my love for you, but I know that it makes me want to drown inside of you.”
“Blue is the most common eye color in Oria Province, but there is something different about his eyes and I'm not sure what it is. More depth? I wonder what he sees when he looks at me. If he seems t...”
“Her eyes were celadon saucers but bottomless, of such great depth that she could take in the knowledge of whole worlds and have room in that gaze for still more.”
“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”