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 More about this quote Tags: love romance souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: feeling sorrow death eyes dogs cats animals souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: love strength joy prayer souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. —Percy Bysshe Shelley More about this quote Tags: love intimacy souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email