The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.
—Philip Roth in The Dying Animal
My mother thought it would make us feel better to know that animals had no souls, and thus their deaths were not to be taken seriously. But it didn't help, and when I think of some of the animals I have known, I wonder. The only really "soulful" eyes in the world belong to the dog or cat who sits on your lap or at your feet, commiserating when you cry.
—Liz Smith
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
—Mother Teresa
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley