Cobalt

“Twas all nonsense, Verity thought. Men always did what they wanted and then cast about for the high-minded ideal that justified it.”
― Lynn Messina, A Lark's Conceit

“The postures are only the "skin" of yoga. Hidden behind them are the "flesh and blood" of breath control and mental techniques that are still more difficult to learn, as well as moral practices that require a lifetime of consistent application and that correspond to the skeletal structure of the body. The higher practices of concentration, meditation and unitive ecstasy(samadhi) are analogous to the circulatory and nervous system." Georg Feuerstein The Deeper Dimension of Yoga”
― Georg Feuerstein, The Deeper Dimension of Yoga: Theory and Practice

“With all the playhouses closed on account of the plague, it would be a challenge to keep body and soul together.”
― Deborah Harkness, The All Souls Trilogy

“she had striven to make herself worthy of their love, shrinking deeper and deeper into herself in the hopes of one day becoming so inoffensive she would please them.”
― Lynn Messina, A Sinister Establishment