"Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses."

--

Source : Sarah Hall (2010). “The Electric Michelangelo”, p.84, Faber & Faber

Sarah Hall

#Soul Quotes #Noses Quotes #Faults Quotes

“My feeling is, personally, I want to die first... because I believe that when you die, your soul goes immediately up for judgment - and I don't want my wife up there first. No, the judgment will be horrendous.”
“To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.”

Source : Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1926). “Individual liberty: selections from the writings of Benjamin R. Tucker”
“We're not a media company. We don't own media. We don't own music. We don't own films or television. We're not a media company. We're just Apple.”
“The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters - because we never know which things might.”
“It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others.”
“Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced. Evil and error are not ultimate. There is no Hell, for that means there is a place where God is not, and there are sins which exceed his love.”

Source : In his preface to an edition of the Bhagavad Gita,
“If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented.”
“Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.”

You may also like:

Adam Foulds
Novelist
Adam Thirlwell
Novelist
Alan Hollinghurst
Novelist
James Tiptree Jr.
Author
Jon McGregor
Novelist
Ned Beauman
Novelist
Simon Mawer
Author
Steven Hall
Author
Tracy Chevalier
Novelist