There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Even flawed or simple beings deserve love if they possess genuine inner life.
- In plain terms
- Love wooden souls if they have a heart.
- What can you take from it?
- Value inner life over perfection.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who do you judge too quickly?
- Where is the soul?
Another view
Some things truly lack substance.
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