"We priests are the surgeons of souls, and it is our duty to deliver them of shameful secrets they would fain conceal, with hands careful to neither wound no pollute."

-- Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

#Hands Quotes #Soul Quotes #Secret Quotes

“There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.”
“God is to me that creative force, behind and in the universe, who manifests Himself as energy, as life, as order, as beauty, as thought, as conscience, as love.”
“A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at.”
“[Too many musicians are] too involved with doing and not listening.”
“The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained heart. 4. A well-trained hand. All four must develop together, in constant equilibrium. As soon as one lags behind or rushes ahead, there is something wrong. So far most of you have met only the requirement of the fourth point: the training of your fingers has left the rest far behind. You would have achieved the same results more quickly and easily, however, if your training in the other three had kept pace.”
“I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all â€” what do they want, a crowd looking over their typewriters? Or those who talk about having to stare at a blank page â€” do they want someone to write on it?”
“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.”

Source : Rebecca Stead (2009). “When You Reach Me”, p.181, Wendy Lamb Books
“The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.”

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