Alex Stark

“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”
― Daniel Defoe

“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
― Edith Wharton

“When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.”
― Hans Christian Andersen