„I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.“

— Jean Paul Sartre

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„And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.“
— Charles Bukowski
„How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.“
— Sylvia Plath
„True happiness is impossible without solitude…. I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.“
— Sophia Loren
„I confess that I do not see what good it does to fulminate against the English tyranny while the Roman tyranny occupies the palace of the soul.“
— James Joyce
„I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive.“
— Paulo Coelho