Quotes About Catharsis

I could be going through something in my life that I might not want to talk about in my music because my music is the way that I escape some of those things.

she instead pictured Lady Catherine de Bourgh's bloody, broken body at her feet. It proved a more comforting thought.

Very well, permit me, if you will, on this night. To break your hearts once more.

I wear my emotions on my sleeve. If I keep that bottled up, it's not going to be good. It's all going to come out at some point in time. I would rather it come out in little bits and pieces than me try to hold it in.

Ever since I was little, I've always liked to smash things.

I think the last book I cried in was Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I don't shy away from crying, though. I actually really enjoy being moved like that.

It's very special that I can go through things - and write them down and record them - and so many people can relate. Not everybody can get out who they are and really feel better after they write.

El llanto era necesario para lavar la conciencia

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I love human aggression. I like it in myself, I think. As far as something to get out, I believe that everybody has it in them, so I like to be an outlet.

There are things that can only be said with a good string of cussing. I'm definitely fond of a few choice words. They say things that nothing else can say. Gotta love it.

I love to write and do photography, as a cathartic experience.

I suppose a cry does us all good at times

But even after admitting this--and I have, countless times, in just about every act I've committed-- and coming face-to-face with these truths, there is no catharsis. I gain no deeper knowledge about myself, no new understanding can be extracted from my telling.

My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape. But even after admitting this—and I have, countless times, in just about every act I've committed—and coming face-to-face with these truths, there is no catharsis. I gain no deeper knowledge about myself, no new understanding

It's a rusty old saw that the writers and artists who create the darkest work are usually the nicest human beings, presumably because they get to purge into their fiction allof the awful crap that makes the rest of us such miserable bastards.

Writing made it tolerable to be human in a way nothing else ever had. It gave me a place to thrive, to exorcise, to cultivate some understanding of aspects of being human that were otherwise confounding.

It was like a dam breaking, its walls giving way all at once under the crushing weight of his emotions.

She felt better for all that. A good shouting at somebody always makes you feel better and in control, especially if you aren't.

A good shouting at somebody always makes you feel better and in control, especially if you aren't.

I don't have any secrets I need kept any more.

If he killed her I'm going to beat him bloody and eat him piece by piece, slowly, with steak sauce.

A Hunter-sized bowel movement on her head would go a long way toward making me feel better.

I had a sudden, unwanted appreciation of men. I had a problem I couldn't fix. But if I could create a manageable problem, like a fistfight, and kick the shit out of it, it sure would make me feel better for a while.