Quotes About Emotions

I wondered if I even had a self. "I miss you," I said aloud. Surprised at myself, I looked around to see if anyone had heard, but no one was n

In fact, he talked about his painful and insidious cancer so plainly and without affect that to this day, I consider matter-of-factness a form of courage.

When he had asked [her]if the man she loved felt the same way, she had answered quickly that yes, the man loved himself as well.

It's another mystery of parenting: how you can love your kids without always liking them.

That's why people write books and stories, no doubt, to leave some impression behind, to share a sense of the beauty and pain. This

Couldn't you outgrow the little-girl fantasy? Couldn't love be gentler, smaller, quiter, not quite all-consuming?

Oh, the things she would say if she could--but it's a minefield of courtesies and manners, this dying business.

For several seconds, they stand there, ...just four feet apart now, but separated by a thick granite counter, by fifty years and two fully lived lives. No one speaks. No one breathes.

Words and emotions are simple currencies. If we inflate them, they lose their value

But when the procreation board said she couldn't have a kid? I guess it was too much for her.

How can you not feel like a whole city of people waiting for it to finally be over, a whole city tending a parent's slow death?

and he urges the old man to remember the last moment he felt his being without its relation to beloved Amedea, his last moment of individual happiness or longing—

Words and emotions are simple currencies. If we inflate them, they lose their value, just like money. They begin to mean nothing. Use 'beautiful' to describe a sandwich and the word means nothing. Since the war, there is no more room for inflated language. Words and feelings are small now—clear and precise. Humble like dreams.

First and foremost, I think we must remain calm as parents and try not to lose control of ourselves. For how can we expect our kids to control themselves if we can't do it? That seems unfair.

What if we told you that free play teaches children to be less anxious. It teaches them resilience. And resilience has been proven to be one of the biggest factors in predicting success as an adult! The ability to "bounce back", to regulate emotions and cope with stress are key factors in a healthy, functioning adult.

I never wanted to fall in love. Only stupid girls compromised themselves that way, and I was too smart to sell myself short.

Dear Algebra, Stop asking us to find your X. She's not coming back

I bet it's easy for you," Celeste said, as she examined her fingers and toes. "What? Flirting?" "Yes." "Depends. There's flirting," Julie said, jokingly pushing her chest out, "and then there's flirting." She tapped the side of her temple. "It's the second one that's hard because you're putting more of yourself out there.

This love triangle had reached new heights, and as much as Matt loved geometry, this was not the sort of triangle he wanted anything to do with.

I like you," he says. "…I think there's something between us, and I'm very afraid that I'm going to do the wrong thing again and send you running. And I don't want that. If you're going to go running anywhere, I'd prefer that you come running to me.

There is no time frame that dictates when and how you'll feel what you feel. You just get to deal with hell however, and whenever, it hits you.

Solitude, which I both crave and detest.

Those one hundred and eighty seconds with Esben somehow threw me into a whirlwind. Either I get slammed to the ground by that force or I soar.

You know what feels better than anything physical?" Esben looks at me for a long time. "How it feels to be falling for someone the way that I'm falling for you.