Quotes About Emotional

I read this book, it said a woman should think of her virginity like it's a window. And every time you sleep with a guy, it's like letting him put his fingerprints on your window. Staining your glass.

Why should a bad marriage have been so much more compelling than no marriage? Why had I clung to my misery so? Why did I believe it was all I had?

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

The supremacy of cerebral, manipulative thinking goes together with an atrophy of emotional life.

I am surprised how often even the smallest kindness can carry a disproportionate weight

Every time you read a book your mind touches that of the person who wrote it – even if they died a long time ago.

Scars, whether seen or unseen, were a very personal matter.

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In a related context, Nigerian American novelist Teju Cole once tweeted, "The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.

She's not a straight-A student, but she's also not stupid. She just thinks she is, which sucks in ways that make me want to do horrible, vile things to whoever made her feel that way.

When I sleep with someone, I need it to mean something. I need to know someone would look me in the eye and be there the next day, and the next week, and the next month. I'm not stupid—I know it doesn't always mean forever, but you have to at least think it could be forever. There's a possibility of forever before you even touch, or you're just touching to hurt yourself. I can't be just a quick fuck in the bathroom.

I'd give anything to know you were okay. But it's not fair to ask us to sacrifice that boy so you can heal. Do you understand?

Pulling away felt like ripping my own chest hair out. (Hair. Singular. I didn't delude myself.)

God, Con. The way he talked about you—I'm surprised you didn't go stark-raving bonkers in public sooner. But then I guess we both know which one of you was stronger.

Crick grimaced and looked away. "Talk about being gay, you big, queer bastard—I swear you just made me all verklempt.

There is no cure for hell," she said softly. "There's only showing it to other people so they can share the burden.

You can't leave me," he whispered. "It's just that simple. No Deacon, no Crick. I'm not strong like Jeff. I can't just keep going for years and make everybody laugh and not take anything good for myself. I need you.

When I sleep with someone, I need it to mean something. I need to know someone would look me in the eye and be there the next day, and the next week, and the next month. I'm not stupid—I know it doesn't always mean forever, but you have to at least think it could be forever. There's a possibility of forever before you even touch, or you're just touching to hurt yourself.

One of the best ways to find out about care options and receive emotional support is to talk with other cat owners who have experienced similar situations with their pets.

When pain or illness consumes her with little hope of recovery; when your cat knows her fight is done; when prolonging her life offers no hope for enjoying that life; these are determinations only you, as your cat's best friend, can make. People who are closely bonded to their special cats just know when the time is right. Listen to your heart, and your cat will tell you when she's ready to say goodbye.

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Each child's story is worthy of telling. There shouldn't be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

But does one not, when coming out of an Italian film, feel better, an urge to change the order of things, preferably by persuading people, at least those who can be persuaded, whom only blindness, prejudice, or ill-fortune had led to harm their fellow men?

La beauté sera CONVULSIVE ou ne sera pas.