Quotes about Depth

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

She never imagined a scenario in which her love was not returned with the same depth of feeling, for to her it was impossible to believe that a love of such magnitude could have stunned only her. The most elementary logic and justice indicated that somewhere in the city he was suffering the same delicious torment.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but not in visiting them too often.

Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.

Yet, those who are truly honest and humble enough to admit the truth come to the end of their earthly lives acknowledging that they have barely scratched the surface.

Yeah, right, I thought. God hadn't asked me if I wanted to go deeper, and thank you very much, I liked the shallows. It's easier to play when there's no current. In the middle you lose your footing; you lose control. You lose.

It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.

O Lord, Sula," she cried, "girl, girl, girlgirlgirl." It was a fine cry—loud and long—but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.

Shallow believers prefer a shallow God.

Shallow believers prefer a shallow God.

To the superficial observer, it will appear like madness.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.