Stendhal Quotes about Soul

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A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

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Writing, Soul, Sound

Stendhal (2003). “The Red and the Black”, p.11, Modern Library

Sometimes the impact of Mozart's music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.

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Impact, Soul, Mind

The first characteristic of Rossini's music is speed - a speed which removes from the soul all the sombre emotions that are so powerfully evoked within us by the slow strains in Mozart. I find also in Rossini a cool freshness, which, measure by measure, makes us smile with delight.

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Soul, Delight, Firsts