“I shall strip away layer after layer of grime -- the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling -- until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.” KnowsSoulSelfLeftLifetimeMy SoulLayersGrimeToffee Author:John Banville
“You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me, an extremely bitter, cynical person that I hate to see in the mirror, really.” KnowsPersonsSoulHateI HateMirrorsBitterMy SoulCynicalCynicism Author:Marjane Satrapi