Quotes About Emotions

In general men keep their internal lives–and their more complex emotions–closely guarded, because either they don't understand them or they are afraid of being betrayed by them.

In any relationship that comes to an end, there's never just a baseline reason why. You say, 'Oh, I broke up with my girlfriend.' Someone says, 'Why?' You say, 'Well, you got three hours? And then maybe after I tell you my version, you've got to talk to her.'

I have been visited by every shade of grief and know that it doesn't come in black or white

I try to explain how people react when overwhelmed by confusion and negative emotions. Some drink too much. Others overeat or beat their wives or kick the cat. And a surprising number hold their hands against a hot plate or slice open their skin with a razor blade. It's an extreme coping mechanism. They talk about their inner pain being turned outward. By giving it a physical manifestation they find it easier to deal with. (35)

Sometimes people don't come back,' said Rachel. 'That's why you should always make your goodbyes count.

Manchmal kommen Menschen nicht zurück. Deshalb sollte man immer darauf achten, sich richtig zu verabschieden.

Audie had never been a hater, because when people hate with too much energy it's normally something about themselves they hate the most.

Kinder zu lieben, ist leicht. Sie zu behalten, ist schwer.

Maybe that's the fate of someone who spends his life delving into other people's minds – listening to their worst fears, unmasking their flaws and discovering their motives. Maybe a man like that begins to rust or seize up – haunted by too many ghosts in the machine.

They trap us like that—babies—with one look they can take hold of our hearts because our hearts have no defenses against such beauty and fragility.

Karate has helped me to control my temper, but my tongue still needs a handbrake or a dead man's switch.

Everyone has three hearts - one they show to strangers, one they show to the people they love, and the last one that isn't shown to anyone...the one that's normally most damaged,

All parents disappoint us eventually.

How do I explain to someone like my mother that love and hate are not absolutes, or opposite sides of the same coin. Hate is an evil passion and love an inspired one,

When we have no hope for healing, our minds and bodies react in accordance with our thoughts and feelings.

Possessing a theory of mind means that an individual ascribes mental states, such as purpose, intention, knowledge, beliefs, doubts, pretending, liking, and so forth, to himself and to others.

According to Panksepp, seven primal emotional and motivational feelings that appear to be common features of animal and human consciousness at both a behavioral and a neural level are SEEKING, FEAR, RAGE, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY.

Spontaneous smiles are different. They utilize a totally different neurologic hardware that is diffuse and arises mostly out of the subcortex and something called the extra-pyramidal system.

Ah. In my experience, when people say they don't know whether they love someone, they usually mean no. But in your case I'm not so sure. You still have feelings for her." -Virginia Dare

She was infuriating and outrageous, demanding, selfish and arrogant…and very, very dear to me.

Josh started to laugh at his sister and then immediately reconsidered. "I guess I wouldn't be surprised if it did.

Rara era la vez que lloraba, incluso en el final de Titanic se rio a carcajada limpia. ¿Por qué lloraba ahora?

hate is the most useless of all emotions. Success is the best revenge.

Y cuando dudes, Josh —jadeó—, sigue tu corazón. Las palabras pueden ser falsas y las imágenes y sonidos pueden manipularse. Pero esto… —dijo señalando el pecho de Josh—, siempre te dirá la verdad.