There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a picture, but still - why is it so hard to throw them away? (Susan Orlean)

There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a picture, but still - why is it so hard to throw them away?

Susan Orlean

Related topics

believe hard having photograph picture soul stolen take think throw steals

Related quotes

The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole. View quote
James Meade
In various misfortunes, say: 'Lord, I believe that I endure what is due and receive what I deserve. But You, Lord, in Your mercy, forgive and have mercy on me,' - and repeat this until you feel peace in your soul. View quote
Nectarius of Optina
I envied it; not the idea of having so much money that you could throw it away, but the thought of growing up in a world where someone cared so much about your happiness and so little about what you accomplished in life. View quote
Kelley Armstrong
A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened. View quote
Cheryl Strayed
She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining. View quote
Kate Chopin