Quotes About Emotions

Given to exaggeration in its feelings, a crowd is only impressed by excessive sentiments. An orator wishing to move a crowd must make an abusive use of violent affirmations. To exaggerate, to affirm, to resort to repetitions, and never to attempt to prove anything by reasoning are methods of argument well known to speakers at public meetings.

Toute passion est bonne quand on en est maître, mais mauvaise quand on en est assujetti.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Jamás he conocido las pasiones más odiosas, nunca ha invadido mi corazón la envidia, la maldad, ni la venganza... en ocasiones la ira, pero no soy muy hábil y jamás guardo rencor.

c'est que si chaque homme pouvait lire dans les cœurs de tous les autres, il y aurait plus de gens qui voudraient descendre que de ceux qui voudraient monter.

There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is.

Maybe. The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself any-more. Anger is.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself any-more.

When anger is in control, you get unintended consequences.

Lina laughed. So did Doon. A look went between them, like a quick current of electricity

Father: And when anger is the boss, you get- Doon: Unintended consequences.

The thought made him suddenly furious. He sat up, grabbed a shoe heel out of the bucket at his feet, and hurled it with all his might. It arrived at the front door just as the door opened. Doon heard a hard thwack and a loud "Ouch!" at the same moment. Then he saw the long, lean, tired-looking face of his father in the doorway.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself any-more. Anger is.

As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

If you get down, all you need to do is act like you're feeling good, and next thing you know, you are.

I'm not upset because I'll miss you," Mom said. "I'm upset because you get to go to New York and I'm stuck here. It's not fair.

Mom was thirty-eight, not young but not old, either. In twenty-five years, I told myself, I'd be as old as she was now. I had no idea what my life would be like then, but as I gathered up my schoolbooks and walked out the door, I swore to myself that it would never be like Mom's, that I would not be crying my eyes out in an unheated shack in some

What turns to stone is inside you.

She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the Dad had pawned shortly after they got married. 'But Mom,' I said, 'that ring could get us a lot of food.' 'That's true,' Mom said, 'but it could also improve my self-esteem. And at times like these, self-esteem is even more vital than food.

Don´t be afraid of your dark places, Mom told her. If you can shine a light on them, you´ll find treasure there

You have a mighty high opinion of yourself, I told him. The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that

Six months later, Maureen stabbed Mom.