Quotes About Ambivalence

In short, I was in a familiar place, the place of feeling unfamiliar, which I responded to in my usual fashion by arming myself with a gin and tonic, my first of the evening. I

The majority of Americans regarded us with ambivalence if not outright distaste, we being living reminders of their stinging defeat. We threatened the sanctity and symmetry of a white and black America whose yin and yang racial politics left no room for any other color, particularly that of pathetic little yellow-skinned people pickpocketing the American purse.

ambivalent. To feel two ways about the same thing, 'Ambi-' from the Greek, meaning 'both.' 'valent,' from the Latin, meaning 'going.' Remember: Feeling ambivalent is a crucial step in the process of living thoughtfully. When we notice our ambivalence and examine it, then our minds can thrive.

Those of us who crave the expressive but can't shake off the melancholy walk the street.

Sabism is a dualism and a polyvalent sign of ambivalence, bipolarity and synthesis.

I didn't care much what happened to me, so chance didn't matter.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they're hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

Im a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence.

I'm positive about the negative, but a little negative about the positive.

We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty is American.

The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.

It's never been easy to say what you really are, Mickey." "Oh, failure will do." "But at what?" "Failure at failing, for one.

If he no longer gave a shit, why did he give a shit?

You are not Melusina, rising from a fountain to easy happiness. You will not be a beautiful woman at court with nothing to do but make magic. The road you have chosen will mean that you have to spend your life scheming and fighting. Our task, as your family, is to make sure you win.

Twelfth night, of all the nights of the year, is one where shapes shift and identities flicker.

Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled with her uncle, or with any of the men at court that could have been her allies. She did not care who hated her, as long as the king was at her beck and call. And she could ruin any man she chose.

Well, I know what I want to be too," she told her parents. "An actress on Broadway." "Caroline, you're always onstage, twenty-four hours a day," said her father. "You can't even tie your shoes without making a production of it." Caroline wasn't sure if that was a compliment or not.

Fuck me for always getting into situations like this. Fuck me for caring. Fuck me for not knowing the words that would've made her stay. Fuck me for not knowing what I want. Fuck me for wavering. Fuck me for not kissing her back the right way. Fuck me for getting my hopes up. Fuck me for not having more realistic hopes. Fuck me for giving her my fucking jacket. Fuck.

When I reached the street I didn't know whether to go right or left. Soon I'd have to start acting like a person who cared about what happened to him.

I felt simultaneously wonderful and wretched, and didn't know from moment to moment which feeling was uppermost.

I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.

I was raised in the church and liked singing in the background. I never really wanted to be the main attraction, and I'm still not sure I can sing.

L.A. to me is not really an attractive place.

I've avoided success artfully.