Depth Quotes

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In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I am talking about ultimate deceit. I am talking about unparalleled treachery. Bottomless lies. Depths that are seen that are previously unimaginable. Darkness and shattering… — Henry Rollins
In their choice of lovers both the male and the female reveal their essential nature. The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance. — Maud Hart Lovelace
When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation… — Albert Camus
Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isnâ€™t very much. Language consists of five basic sounds produced by the vocal cords.… — Eckhart Tolle
[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it… — Nikolai Gogol
Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from… — Max Brooks
Baudelaire writes: In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life is entirely revealed in the spectacle, however ordinary, that we have before our… — Gaston Bachelard
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity. — Oscar Wilde
You're not eating anything," said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. I can't. I'm in the depths of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
But words are vain; reject them allâ€” They utter but a feeble part: Hear thou the depths from which they call, The voiceless longing of… — George MacDonald
It rasped her, though, to have stirring about in her this brutal monster! to hear twigs cracking and feel hooves planted down in the depths… — Virginia Woolf
Most of the time it's not the Europeans who belittle us. What happens when we look at them is that we belittle ourselves. When we… — Orhan Pamuk
Only Thee That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end. All desires that distract me, day and night, are false and empty… — Rabindranath Tagore
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an answer.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I love all things, not because they are passionate or sweet-smelling but because, I don't know, because this ocean is yours, and mine: these buttons… — Pablo Neruda
If there is some corner of the world which has remained peaceful, but with a peace based on injustices the peace of a swamp with… — HÃ©lder CÃ¢mara
If love makes you sad, you acquire a little depth, a little compassion. If it makes you happy, you learn how to be joyous. Every… — Sharon Shinn
Aren't there gradations of evil? Is evil a great perilous gulf into which one falls with the first sin, plummeting to the depth? — Anne Rice

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