Quotes About Emotions

She'd half loved men, and they'd half failed her.

My heart perceived wildernesses of contradictions and impossible truths and mystical lies.

Ego strength includes being able to tolerate strong emotions, to keep focused under stress, to express yourself freely, to perceive reality accurately, and to make sound decisions.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Anna Karenina: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Stories keep memories alive and people real to us.

You... are not a very nice old man!!!

Her smiles were sudden and transformative, but I never understood what caused them.

Maybe those sorts of yes-or-no life-and-death decisions are easier to make because they are so black and white. I can cope with them because it's easier. Human emotions, well. . .they're just a fathomless collection of grays and I don't do so well on the midtones.

I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does.

I don't need you to agree with me, she said quietly. I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's an emotion we can build on. Perhaps if we feed it with curiosity it will blossom into something useful, like suspicion - and action.

The course of true love rarely runs smooth.

Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix.

We are all actors,' said Connie. 'Our true feelings and desires hidden behind masks carved from the trammels of accepted social norms. Wouldn't you say so?

I was glad to see I had only witnessed Dad's death and not the end of his life, as the two I learned are barely related at all.

All those words,' she whispered, 'so diligently placed together, and so pointlessly torn apart.

Though his death would not fill me with any sense of sadness, I would probably feel the loss. Even enemies are part of one.

You are the best, most loving, supportive family anyone could ever have, I said through my sobs. I'm so sorry if I'm a burden. They all told me not to be so bloody silly, I told them not to swear, and Landen gave me a handkerchief for my tears.

Marrying for love was not forbidden; it just didn't make any sense.

You don't like me, do you?' 'That would take effort,' she replied. 'Indifference is much, MUCH easier.

Maybe those sorts of yes or no life-and-death decisions are easier to make because they are so black and white. I can cope with them because it's easier. Human emotions, well … they're just a fathomless collection of greys and I don't do so well on the mid-tones.

seguimos charlando y riéndonos con esa risa floja que le da a la gente en los entierros o sitios así

Me acostaba llorando, me despertaba llorando y me pasaba el día escondiéndome de la gente, para poder llorar.

Pero las heridas de verdad son las otras. Las que nadie ve. Las que la gente lleva en secreto. Ésas son las que lo explican todo».