“Street scriptures, for lost souls in the crossroads..”

“Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and—since there is no other metaphor—also the soul.”

“Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me”

“I'm a lost soul. Wewail.”

“It (2006) will be the year of rebuilding and reclaiming the lost confidence, the lost spirit and the lost soul of our beloved country.”

“I have lost friends, some by death… others by sheer inability to cross the street.”

“I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Chênière Caminada; the old sunny fort at Grand Terre. I've been working with a little more comprehension than a machine, and still feeling like a lost soul.”

“Other books we may read and criticise. To the Scriptures we must bow the entire soul, with all its faculties.”

“What of wars we have survived, genocides and hollow costs/holocausts? Have our hopes for humankind like scriptures and mass graves been lost?”

“In refusing to face evil, Sinclair has gained nothing and lost a great deal; the Buddhist scripture expenses it: those who refuse to discriminate might as well be dead.”