Depth Quotes

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I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary to sin, that I needed lust, that I had to strive for property and… — Hermann Hesse
It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie… — Thomas Moore
I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living. — Anais Nin
Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
At no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is in… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Diamonds are found only in the dark bowels of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought. It seemed to him that… — Victor Hugo
In this way, his unhappy soul struggled with its anguish. Eighteen hundred years before this unfortunate man, the mysterious Being, in whom all the sanctities… — Victor Hugo
Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness. — Edward Abbey
Such was a poet and shall be and is -who'll solve the depths of horror to defend a sunbeam's architecture with his life: and carve… — E E Cummings
Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and â€“ pity me. Even the… — Hans Christian Andersen
Socrates called himself a midwife of ideas. A great book is often such a midwife, delivering to full existence what has been coiled like an… — Clifton Fadiman
There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of… — Zora Neale Hurston
Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Give me your hand out of the depths sown by your sorrows. — Pablo Neruda
Her life with others no longer interests him. He wants only her stalking beauty, her theatre of expressions. He wants the minute secret reflection between… — Michael Ondaatje
The inexpressible depth of music, so easy to understand and yet so inexplicable, is due to the fact that it reproduces all the emotions of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
...to gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of his life. — John O'Donohue
Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the distance toward your life. Their arrival seemed so… — John O'Donohue
One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they… — John O'Donohue

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