The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. Anton Chekhov
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. Paul Cézanne
To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. Freya Stark
I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up. Augusten Burroughs
Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these. Friedrich Nietzsche
That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger--not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose. George Eliot