Quotes About Emotions

When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.

You leave home, and then when you come back, you have a kind of perspective that you didn't have before that in some way problematizes your relationship with your family. You just start to be able to have a sort of double vision about them and who they are and how you grew up that can be really painful.

I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.

I'm not in love, but I'm open to persuasion.

A lot of people think that persuasion is all about values and aligning values. I largely disagree. I think persuasion generally, and political persuasion more particularly, has much more to do with explaining in new ways and connecting dots in new ways than just invoking emotions and values.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

It is quite difficult at PSG because when you lose a game there is a lot of pessimism.

From 8 A.M. until noon, I am pessimistic. Then from 1 P.M. until 4, I feel optimistic.

Even cats grow lonely and anxious.

I have never been a pet lover or really craved the idea of having dogs.

I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around.

It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting. They're not lying there thinking 'How could you do this to me? Why aren't you keeping me going?' Pets don't do the human things of guilt and anger and recrimination that we do. They come and go with great acceptance.

I don't get into these petty things, Kentucky-Louisville. To me, it's nonsense... There will be people at Kentucky that will have a nervous breakdown if they lose to us... They've got to put the fences up on bridges. There will be people consumed by Louisville.

Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind.

People feel very ashamed to admit that they have in-law problems. They think it's something petty. But it's not petty at all. It hits deep emotions.

I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.

Depression is real, and that really hit me hard. I was going through a phase where I wasn't talking to no one. Only my son. Me and my son would do stuff, but I was talking to no one.

The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.

The anxiety phase of my first depression lasted six months. It was incredibly paralyzing.

I am not in 'O I hate relationships' phase. I will never be in that phase.

I've definitely gone through phases where I'm not happy with my life, and you notice in little ways until they start adding up.

Very rarely a heroine get to act in such a strong role which showcases two different phases of life. 'Jersey' is one such film with honest emotions which everyone will relate to easily.

I go through phases with money. I'll spend it liberally and then I'll panic and won't spend anything.

Being creative and emotional, artistes sometimes go through difficult phases in life, but one has to look at life as a bigger canvas. It's like a big journey.