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Emotion Quotes
"I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy."
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"I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them."
40
"Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy."
38
"Wit is the epitaph of an emotion."
17
"Fly (poem from the book Blue Bridge)Delicate, / butterfly winged, / we vainly push against the sky, / each trying to find our place.Yes, we are going to die, / let's not beat about the bush. / Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, / maybe even years from now. Meanwhile, / we have someone who loves us, / someone to love. / Surely there is no need to hesitate."
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"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company."
12
"The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion."
12
"I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid."
10
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."
10
"I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it."
9
"But after I got them to leave and shut the door and turned off the light it wasn't any good. It was like saying good-by to a statue. After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain."
9
"Sympathizer.It's only slightly better than the other word that followed me for years after my mom's death, a snakelike hiss, undulating, leaving its trail of poison: Suicide.A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in my dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed."
9
"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."
9
"_____________________I'm lost for words."
9
"So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood how I felt. Now, though, I sometimes wished for more."
9
"To dream on occasion is not dreaming, To love on occasion is not love."
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"The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters."
8
"I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself."
8
"Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers."
7
"Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from."
7
"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."
7
"I think your program has to reflect what your basic feelings are. I'll plead guilty to that."
7
"Love gives with its eyes closed, hate destroys with its eyes open."
7
"Joy of life is to be content."
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