There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.

Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

Have you ever heard the earth breath?

She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.

but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

Who takes the blame: the leader who talks of poverty but lives in luxury, or the poor who choose a leader of that type?

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

People don't really recognize me often. I think I just look different in person or something. I'm also not very approachable, and maybe they're just like 'Ooohhh, she's scary!'

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.

The fewer desires, the more peace.