“The abstract intelligence produces a fatigue that's the worst of all fatigues. It doesn't weigh on us like bodily fatigue, nor disconcert like the fatigue of emotional experience. It's the weight of our consciousness of the world, a shortness of breath in our soul.” WorldSoulConsciousnessWorstProduceEmotionalWeightBreathsAbstractFatigueShortness Author:Fernando Pessoa
“There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to galvanize, to arouse into an almost incredible activity of soul.” MenSoulHandsSeemsEmotionalActivityIncrediblesShockStaggering Book:Harbours of Memory Source: Harbours of Memory
“The contradictions in Renan , his feminine sensibility, coquetry, unavowed egotism, and sudden emotional outbursts, all indicate a soul deliberately using distraction as a means of evasion. The perpetual equivocation bears witness to God in the same way as the twisting and turning of a hunted animal indicates the presence of an unseen hunter.” WayMeanSoulAnimalEmotionalBearsWitnessContradictionFeminineDistractionPerpetualSensibilityUnseenHuntersEgotismHuntedEvasionOutburstCoquetryEmotional Outbursts Book:The Impostor Source: The Impostor
“Jimi Hendrix was just so fluid. His hands were connected to his soul, you know? His playing was just so emotional. You could feel the fire, you could feel the blues. You could feel the sadness. It's unbelievable.” KnowsFeelsSoulHandsFireSadnessEmotionalConnectedUnbelievableFluidHendrix Author:Lenny Kravitz