“My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose. Sweet and incomparable Josephine, what an extraordinary influence you have over my heart. Are you vexed? Do I see you sad? Are you ill at ease? My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.” HeartSoulLastsNightGriefInfluenceSweetBrokenLoversMy HeartArmyExtraordinaryIllSensesMy SoulTheeEaseWakingPortraitsRemembranceLast NightReposeDeliriumIncomparable Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If I were to choose one single thing that that would restore Paris to the senses, it would be that strangely sweet, unhealthy smell of the Métro, so very unlike the dank cold or the stuffy heat of subways in New York.” IfsWould BeNew YorkSweetColdSmellSensesParisHeatUnhealthySubwayDank Author:May Sarton
“Happy are those lovers who, when their senses require rest, can fall back upon the intellectual enjoyments afforded by the mind! Sweet sleep then comes, and lasts until the body has recovered its general harmony. On awaking, the senses are again active and always ready to resume their action.” MindBodyActionLastsFallPassionSleepReadySweetLoversIntellectualHarmonyActiveSensesEnjoymentResumesFall BackSweet Sleep Book:The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 2: To Paris and Prison Source: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 2: To Paris and Prison
“The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.” WantHeartEnjoySoundSweetHumbleSensesSurrenderHorribleVery SweetHumble Heart Author:Radhanath Swami
“If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.” IfsThinkingWantFirstsSoulWinningVirtueSweetSensesStealingThings To DoLike HerBonusWrapping Book:The Shadow Of The Wind Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet. Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading -- that is a good life.” HardEnoughSpiritReadingSweetGreedSensesSensationsGood LifePassagesWriting LifeGood DayShortage Author:Annie Dillard