"It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes."

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Source : Guillaume Apollinaire (2010). “The Self-Dismembered Man: Selected Later Poems of Guillaume Apollinaire”, p.94, Wesleyan University Press

Guillaume Apollinaire

#Rain Quotes #Eye Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Every human soul has seen, perhaps before their birth pure forms such as justice, temperance, beauty and all the great moral qualities which we hold in honour. We are moved towards what is good by the faint memory of these forms simple and calm and blessed which we saw once in a pure, clear light being pure ourselves.”
“you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.”
“People have called me Superman my whole life. In various sports, that seems to be the common theme. My favorite superhero is actually the Incredible Hulk. He's the only superhero that can't die.”
“If you are a minority, it is important that you have legal ways to defend yourself in the society in which you live.”

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“But by faith you look in the mirror and see a robed prodigal bearing the ring of grace on your finger and the kiss of your Father on your face.”
“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

Source : Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”, p.160, Penguin
“The very sermon that we needlessly miss, may contain a precious word in season for our souls.”
“Every religious tradition on which we draw has a reverence for life. We are a part of an intricate web of life. Every tradition on which we draw teaches that the ultimate expression of our spirituality is our action. Deep spirituality leads to action in the world. A deep reverence for life, love of nature's complex beauty and sense of intimate connection with the cosmos leads inevitably to a commitment to work for environmental and social justice.”

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