"If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ..."

Denial, Hope, Perception, Coping

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"If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ..."

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"Denial makes it easier to keep an addiction progressing smoothly along and, being a lie, it's just better form."

Geoffrey Wood, American Author

Denial, Addiction, Truth, Awareness

"Or he was simply pretending-like many drinkers, he liked to think each new day drew a line under the day before."

Ian McEwan, British Author

Denial, Addiction, Repetition, Escape

"But Mr. Hale resolved that he would not be disturbed by any such nonsensical idea; so he lay awake, determining not to think about it."

Elizabeth Gaskell, British Novelist

Denial, Thought, Anxiety, Reflection

"I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has a disability, especially one like LD that cannot be seen or easily diagnosed, is one of the hardest things to come to terms with."

Anne Ford, American Author

Denial, Disability, Years

"Burying your head in the sand does not make you invisible it only leads to suffocation."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

Denial, Consequence, Reality, Awareness

"Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

Denial, Drugs

"A kingdom established on hatred is a function of denial of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Denial, Hatred, Kingdom, God

"I have a very highly developed sense of denial."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

Denial, Sense

"The worst denial of all is being in denial that we're in denial in the first place. And I would wonder if that's not exactly where most of us live out most of our lives."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

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Explore more quotes by Sophie Kinsella

"People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance."

Guidance

"I feel all agitated, like one of those snow globes you see resting peacefully on shop counters. I was perfectly happy being an ordinary, dull little Swiss village. But now Jack Harper's come and shaken me up, and there are snowflakes all over the place, whirling around until I don't know what I think anymore. And bits of glitter, too. Tiny bits of shiny, secret excitement."

Emotion

"As I stare at it,I can feel little invisible strings,silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

Temptation

"You may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts."

Influence

"You don't just get over it. And it doesn't make any difference if you're supposedly a grown-up. It never goes away."

Emotion

"Becky --" he begins, and there's a tiny intake of breath around the churchyard. "Will you--" "Yes! Yeee-esssss!" I hear the joyful sound ripping through the churchyard before I even realize I've opened my mouth. I'm so charged up with emotion, my voice doesn't even sound like mine. In fact, it sounds more like...Mum.I don't believe it."

Happiness

"I can never resist telling people good news. I mean, why not brighten someone else's life too?"

Kindness

"Lover? I don't know. I don't know if she loves me. I don't know if I love her. All I can say is, she's the one I think about. All the time. She's the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see."

Romance

"There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out."

Resilience

"Everyone should keep a dream journal, did you know that?"

Dreams