The Senses
To love is to enjoy seeing, touching, and sensing with all the senses,
as closely as possible, a lovable object which loves in return.
--Stendhal, De l'Amour
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the
senses but the soul.
--Oscar Wilde
We are astonished at thought but sensation is equally wonderful.
--Voltaire
Nothing awakens a reminiscence like a scent.
--Victor Hugo
If music be the food of love, play on ...
--Shakespeare
The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in
our hearts.
--Ouida
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
--Omar Khayyam
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't
hurt.
--Lucy Van Pelt, "Peanuts"