“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.”— Mary Shelley, amazon.com
“I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.”— Mary Shelley, amazon.com
“He was a child; but he knew his own soul, it was precious to him, he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and without the key of love he let no one into his soul.”— Leo Tolstoy, amazon.com
“A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.”— Hans Christian Andersen, amazon.com
“It was the last night that she would breathe the same air as he, or look out over the deep sea and up into the star-blue heaven. A dreamless, eternal night awaited her, for she had no soul and had not been able to win one.”— Hans Christian Andersen, amazon.com
“I want to be a work of art, at least in my soul, since I can’t be one in my body.”— Fernando Pessoa, amazon.com
“It’s not exactly love at first sight. It is more like soul recognition.”— Lynette Simeone, twitter.com
“At the end of the day, you are a goddess who needs confirmation from no soul on how to live your life.”— Malcolm Moon, wnq-writers.com
“It’s my own soul I want to look into and my own soul I want to satisfy.”— Allen Ginsberg, amazon.com
“That is the one weakness that has led me into the most trouble. Trying to be kind to others I often get my soul shredded into a kind of spiritual pasta.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”— Bram Stoker, amazon.com
“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.”— Unknown (via QUOTEMADNESS), quotemadness.com
“For so many years, I couldn’t understand why every time I thought that someone finally loved me… they would eventually turn to vapor. Every person whom I’ve ever loved is trapped inside of my chest. I’ve breathed all of them in so deeply that I’ve nearly choked and died on every soul that I’ve ever…”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.com