“What's madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?”
“What's madness but nobility of soulAt odds with circumstance? The day's on fire! I know the purity of pure despair, my shadow pinned against a sweating wall, that place among the rocks--is it a cave, or winding path? The edge is what I have.”
“Lying is an assignation of your nobility and personality ultimately defiling your soul”
“He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances.”
“Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.”
“Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.”