Depth Quotes

“The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface.

The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.

The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer membranes hiding thick juicy insides, laden with the soup of being.

Inside out and outside in. These are worlds of things that implode or explode, and the only catalyst that determines the direction of eco-movement is the balance of water.

Both worlds are deceptive, dangerous. Both, seething with hidden life.

The only veil that stands between perception of what is underneath the desolate surface is your courage.

Dare to breach the surface and sink.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“If you think you can grasp me, think again:
my story flows in more than one direction
a delta springing from the riverbed
with its five fingers spread”
― Adrienne Rich, Time's Power

“Why do you like jellyfish so much?" I asked.
"I don't know. I guess I think they're cute," she said. "But one thing did occur to me when I was really focused on them. What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get into the habit of thinking, This is the world, but that's not true at all. The real world is in a much darker and deeper place than this, and most of it is occupied by jellyfish and things. We just happen to forget all that. Don't you agree? Two thirds of the earth's surface is ocean, and all we can see of it with the naked eye is the surface: the skin. We hardly know anything about what's beneath the skin.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“depth and substance.
the two most exquisite qualities.
be it in a poem
or a person.”
― Sanober Khan

“I wonder if ever again Americans can have that experience of returning to a home place so intimately known, profoundly felt, deeply loved, and absolutely submitted to? It is not quite true that you can't go home again. I have done it, coming back here. But it gets less likely. We have had too many divorces, we have consumed too much transportation, we have lived too shallowly in too many places.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose

“love
wounds me
with soft pillows
with tender lips
and fingers”
― Sanober Khan, A touch, a tear, a tempest

“Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“If we come from the water, I conclude that we come from different kinds of it. I will meet a person and in his eyes see an ocean, deep and never ending; then I will meet another person and feel as though I have stepped into a shallow puddle on the street, there is nothing in it. Or maybe some of us come from the water, and some of us come from somewhere else; then it's all a matter of finding those who are the same as us.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“A tree stands strong not by its fruits or branches, but by the depth of its roots.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles. Until it spins around and lies with lips and teeth carved into semblance of something too passive to punch.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“My soul is being whisked away again, to a place unfamiliar and not many know my name but its calling and following that instinct is all i know.”
― Nikki Rowe

“لقد تعلمت دائماً أن أحترم الصامتين، وأرى فيهم أعماقاً رائعة.. فإذا تكلموا اكتشفت أى مغفل كنته...!”
― أحمد خالد توفيق

“I’ll gift you with feelings you didn’t know were there, that’s the pleasure of crossing paths with a mystic.”
― Nikki rowe

“When you forgive, you are letting your anger go but you never forget what happened. When you forget, you push it all away pretending it never happened at the same time the pain and anger is held inside, unforgotten.”
― Never Dahlia

“You need to lose yourself and disappear in the depths of the repetitions? Find a coast and watch the repetitive waves! Soon your mind vanishes away and when your mind disappears you disappear!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You are quite right, I changed my mind and do no longer speak of “radical evil.” … It is indeed my opinion now that evil is never “radical,” that it is only extreme, and that it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension. It can overgrow and lay waste the whole world precisely because it spreads like a fungus on the surface. It is “thought-defying,” as I said, because thought tries to reach some depth, to go to the roots, and the moment it concerns itself with evil, it is frustrated because there is nothing. That is its “banality.” Only the good has depth that can be radical.

(letter to Scholem from December 1964)”
― Hannah Arendt

“Be not afraid of whirlpools,
of strong winds, and murky waves.
Fear the creature that dwells
in the darkest depths,
the ice-shackled Kraken,
that threatens to surface
and your soul to keep.”
― Erna Grcic, Beneath the Surface

“I am certain that all human action is an extremely imperfect, utterly helpless expression of a hidden life of unimagined depths that presses to the surface without ever being able to reach it.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

“Why should pensiveness be akin to sadness? There is a certain fertile sadness which I would not avoid, but rather earnestly seek. It is positively joyful to me. It saves my life from being trivial.”
― Henry David Thoreau, The Journal, 1837-1861

“Depth gets context when breadth gets attention.⁣”
― Richie Norton

“Crying and pain, there all inside us
Happiness and smiles, we can all show it.
Love, everyone is capable of doing.”
― Never Dahlia

“For the bond between us is stronger than destiny
and deeper than a naked eye!”
― Harshita Gottipati, Born A Free Spirit

“The silence between words often speaks louder than the words themselves.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“Life is a mosaic of moments—each piece, whether bright or dark, forms the intricate and beautiful tapestry that is uniquely yours. Cherish the dark hues as much as the vibrant ones, for they give depth and meaning to your journey.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“If you are such a deep person that no one can reach you, no one can understand you! Don't wait foolishly for someone to understand you! Go up from the depths as much as necessary, so that someone can reach you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Every cell in my body listens, vibrates, and sings with joy at how deeply you love me! I love you so much, I will never leave you or disappoint you. This is my pledge.”
― Viccy

“Maybe there are no endings
and yet
we feel things end
(as we feel the ground beneath our feet
and yet its solidity is, too, an illusion).

Maybe there are no beginnings,
as the inception of all is the energy source
which has been vibrating 
for millions of years.

Then how do we feel so deeply
the power of beginnings
and endings
if they don't really exist?

Contradictory co-existing realities.
Not paradoxes.
Yes, contradictory.
Yes, both true.
Yes, all at the same time.
The complexity of existence.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Sex loved speed. Sensuality loves depth.”
― Lebo Grand

“The truth is often a double-edged sword, severing bonds with its sharpness. Yet, only through the pain of its cut can we understand the depth of our human relationships.”
― Santosh Kalwar