“And she thought then how strange it was that disaster--the sort of disaster that drained the blood from your body and took the air out of your lungs and hit you again and again in the face--could be at times, such a thing of beauty.” BodyFacesAirBloodStrangeYour BodyDisasterAgain And AgainLungsYou AgainDrained Book:The Pilot's Wife Source: The Pilot's Wife
“Sometimes it seems to me that all of life is a struggle to contain the natural impulses of the body and spirit, and that what we call character represents only the degree to which we are successful in this endeavor.” SometimesCharacterBodySeemsLife IsSpiritNaturalStruggleSuccessfulDegreesImpulseEndeavorLife Is A Struggle Book:All He Ever Wanted: A Novel Source: All He Ever Wanted: A Novel
“I guess that's the point of drinking, to take all the feelings and thoughts and morals away until you are just a body doing what a body will do.” FeelingsBodyMoralDrinking Author:Anita Shreve