Ecstatic Quotes

144 quotes by 118 authors

A photograph of a woman crying tells me nothing about grief. Or a photograph of a woman ecstatic tells me nothing about ecstasy. What is… — Duane Michals
That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies! — Friedrich Nietzsche
There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly… — Zelda Fitzgerald
The fragility of love is what is most at stake hereâ€”humanity's most crucial three-word avowal is often uttered only to find itself suddenly embarrassing or… — Christopher Hitchens
There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we're scared, we… — Christopher McDougall
Sophia and Grandmother sat down by the shore to discuss the matter further. It was a pretty day, and the sea was running a long,… — Tove Jansson
She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond", "What does?" "This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty… — Jean-Paul Sartre
We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time. — Christopher McDougall
Writing is my passion. It is a way to experience the ecstatic. The root understanding of the word ecstasyâ€”â€œto stand outsideâ€â€”comes to me in those… — Bell Hooks
I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward… — Diane Ackerman
Your deepest, darkest sins and your shameful secrets are simply irrelevant when it comes to the counterintuitive, ecstatic announcement of the gospel. So are your… — Rob Bell
In this instant, shaken to her very depths, this ecstatic human being has a first inkling that the soul is made of stuff so mysteriously… — Stefan Zweig
He'd made her feel what Barrons made me feel. Bigger than I could possibly be, larger than life, on fire with possibilities, ecstatic to be… — Karen Marie Moning
There are deeper strata of truth in cinema, and there is such a thing as poetic, ecstatic truth. It is mysterious and elusive, and can… — Werner Herzog
So as I think back on it now, I think it is safe to say that music is something you both hear and feel. I… — David Archuleta
So youâ€™re suggesting we take the train up to York, meet a ninety-year-old man, leap on him, and yank out his hair? Iâ€™m sure the… — Cassandra Clare
The first thing I notice is the sky, so full of blue and the kind of brilliant white clouds that make you ecstatic to have… — Jandy Nelson
Why do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to… — Pat Conroy
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. — Rumi
I was sure you 'd dropped the class, which made me selfishly ecstatic. Without even knowing i was doing it, i started looking for you… — Tammara Webber

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