“She was not quite as arresting in photographs as she was in the flesh, for her beauty was sprung directly from her soul, and proved that physical features count little unless they are illumined from within.” SoulBeautyInner Beauty Book:Winter's Tale Source: Winter's Tale
“Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars to sparkle violently and shower their silver light into the arms of bare upreaching trees. It was a mad and beautiful thing that scoured raw the souls of animals and man, driving them before it until they loved to run. And what it did to Northern forests can hardly be described, considering that it iced the branches of the sycamores on Chrystie Street and swept them back and forth until they rang like ranks of bells.” MenLoveSoulCountryLightRunningAgeBeautifulStarsAnimalCitiesClearTreeStreetsStageArmsMadWinterDrivingForestsRanBranchesSilverEnginesBellsBeautiful ThingsConsideringShowersBack And ForthSparklePurifyingCity And Country Book:A New York Winter's Tale Source: A New York Winter's Tale
“We launch our souls from the cannons of art and discipline, and on any one night, hovering over the chimney tops of Europe, halfway to the stars, there are armies of brightly spinning spirits that have risen like fireworks, tethered to the souls of those men and women who, by reflection, mortification, and devotion, effortlessly outdazzle kings.” MenArtSoulSpiritNightStarsKingsDisciplineReflectionMen And WomenEuropeArmyDevotionHalfwayOne NightSpinningRisenCannonsFireworksChimneysMortificationHovering Author:Mark Helprin
“The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.” BookSoulHardFilledFinishedKicksShelvesRemakesMules Book:Winter's Tale Source: Winter's Tale
“their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals.” SoulTurnsImaginationAnimalWindInnocencePowerlessness Book:Winter's Tale Source: Winter's Tale
“I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living” SoulSawsCleverRequirements Book:A Soldier of the Great War Source: A Soldier of the Great War
“The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.” WorldHumansSoulStrongerCoffeePriestsHuman SoulPowderCaffeineVoodooEspressoGreat CoffeeCoffee And TeaCappuccinoTea CoffeeMocha Author:Mark Helprin
