Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
As we move into the 21st century there's what the Bible calls a 'quickening of the spirit.'
Inspiration is an awakening a quickening of all man's faculties and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
There is a vitality a life force an energy a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time this expression is unique.
A picture lives by companionship expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer
My work is the world. Here the sunflowers there the hummingbird - equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums...
Alexia gave in to his demanding touch but only of course because he sounded so pathetic. It had nothing whatsoever to do with her own quickening heartbeat.
Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.
I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly and steadily and without any quickening if the league were to perish altogether.
In all religions the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism when Jesus' body was in the water the Spirit of Christ descended into it as a dove.
One feels a quickening of the pulse when one crosses a border.
Advertising enriches life by quickening the imagination arousing interest and enlarging the taste.
No eternal learning can take place without that quickening of the Spirit from heaven.
There's a quickening of her heart when she sees him. She tells herself it's anger.
There is no greater sensation of consciousness than to expend yourself completely through the quickening fires of passion.
And none will hear the postman's knock Without a quickening of the heart. For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
A new and speculative idea which although it may seem trivial and almost laughable is nonetheless of great value in quickening the spirit of invention.
But water doesn't care for human sorrows. It flows without slowing or quickening its pace in the darkness of the earth where only stones will hear.
We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him from the dead.
A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.