“Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire / Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.” LoveHeartSoulLove IsFireCloudsBurningSmokeFlamesAspireWindy Book:Arthur Symons: Selected Writings Source: Arthur Symons: Selected Writings
“Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don't care what you'll do; but stay scared as hell. You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.” PeopleWritingMindLittlesSoulCareAbleBitsJusticeHellWallPleaseBeatsFunctionPaintScaredRefuseDon't CareSmokeYour SoulI Don't CareStaringCeilingsLittle MindsExperience Yourself Author:Albert Camus
“My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns;Love is the fire and sighs the smoke, the ashes shame and scorns;The fuel Justice layeth on, and Mercy blows the coals;The metal in this furnace wrought are men's defiled souls.” MenSoulJusticeLove IsFireMercyShameBlowSmokeFuelBreastsMetalsAshesCoalSighScornThornsFurnaces Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.” WayLoveMaySoulArtistLonelinessSmokeBlazingChimneysWisps Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel. ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together, like wisps of smoke in a bag. Then, when we're asleep, our brains open up these bags of smoke ... and take a look.” FeelsLooksSoulTogetherSpiritBrainOur LivesImpressionSmokeBagsWisps Author:Marsha Norman