“I like owls. I admire their intransigent spirit. I have respected them deeply ever since I met a baby owl in a wood, when it fell over dead, apparently from sheer temper, because I dared to approach it. It defied me first, and then died. I have never forgotten the horror and shame I experienced when that soft fluffy thing (towards which I had nothing but the most humanitarian motives) fell dead from rage at my feet.” FirstsSpiritFeetBabyMetsHorrorApproachDiedShameForgottenWoodsHumanitarianRageAdmireMotiveTemperSheerOwlFluffy Author:Vita Sackville-West
“A story of remarkable simplicity and charm. A young swimmer invites us into sea off the coast of California where through her eyes we see an entire realm of creatures we have never known so intimately before. Truly for people of all ages, Lynne Cox's adventure with the baby whale, Grayson, becomes a parable and an experience, thanks not only to the author's great and generous spirit, but through her immense gift for describing nature.” PeopleStoriesEyeAgeYoungSpiritKnownSeaAdventureBabyCreaturesSimplicityThanksCaliforniaGenerousRealmsCharmRemarkableInvitesImmenseHer EyesCoastDescribingWhalesParablesSwimmerGenerous Spirit Author:Anne Rice
“He just seems as cool as ever. I can smell him. Even on the other side, there is smell. Like, when babies are born, there's two smells-one is chicken soup, which is the flesh, and the other is lilacs, which is coming from the spiritual garden. The spirit has a lilac smell.” I CanTwoSeemsSpiritualSpiritSidesBornBabyGardenSmellFleshChickensSoupLilacChicken Soup Author:Carlos Santana
“Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.” HeartMeanDoeHas BeensSoulSpiritHurtBabyMinistersMilkDisturbedHurt FeelingsBeen Hurt Author:Alberta Hunter
“I was at one of the lowest points of my life when we started this film [Dream of Life], except, of course, that I had two great children. But the film is not documenting a decline; it's documenting a rise up - first baby steps and then big steps up. The worst that could have ever happened to me had already happened. And so the film is on the ascent. And I think that gives it a nice spirit.” ThinkingGivingFirstsChildrenTwoDreamBigsFilmSpiritCoursesStepsNiceHappenedWorstBabyDeclineLowestStep UpAscentBaby StepsLowest PointFirst Baby Author:Patti Smith
“We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a lot. We only saw pictures and read zines, so we could only interpret the aesthetic and message of punk scenes around the world. We were basically the duck-billed platypuses of punk.” WorldSpiritImaginationBabySceneGayAestheticPunkFree SpiritWeirdo Author:Beth Ditto
“Just watch babies. They're in a constant state of love. How could they possibly be so joyful? Because they're in harmony with the source. Some call that source God or soul or spirit or consciousness. They have no resistance to being joyful - unlike adults. You didn't come forth into this world to suffer, to be anxious, fearful or depressed. Remember, your thoughts, not your world, cause you stress. And you can change your thoughts.” WorldSoulRememberSpiritSufferingConsciousnessBabyStressHarmonyAnxiousFearfulJoyful Author:Wayne Dyer
“It's extraordinary to look into a baby's face and see a piece of your flesh and your spirit. It makes you realize you are a part of the human race.” InspirationalHumansLooksFacesSpiritRealizingRacePiecesBabyExtraordinaryFleshHuman Race Author:Liam Neeson
“You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.” WellsEndsMatterRunningSpiritLandBabyBuiltSticksWestEastTexasTerrifiedCagesFree SpiritWild ThingsBreakfast At TiffanysSomali Author:Truman Capote