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Emotion Quotes

"Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at twenty-six, we were of that disposition."

"Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at twenty-six, we were of that disposition."

Nick Hornby, English Writer

Emotion, Loneliness, Fear, Individual, Reflection

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"And you? Now that I have discovered you? Beautiful, dangerous, unleashed. Still I try to hold you, knowing that your body is faced with knives."

"And you? Now that I have discovered you? Beautiful, dangerous, unleashed. Still I try to hold you, knowing that your body is faced with knives."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Emotion, Danger, Beauty, Body, Control

30

"I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives."

"I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives."

Marie Lu, American Author

Emotion, Expression, Pain, Healing

30

"Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory."

"Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Emotion, Happiness, Fire, Power

30

"You can't chain your heart forever, one day or another you are going to open it for someone and (s)he is going to piss inside it."

"You can't chain your heart forever, one day or another you are going to open it for someone and (s)he is going to piss inside it."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Emotion, Heart, Freedom, Pain, Love

30

"Whom they have injured they also hate."

"Whom they have injured they also hate."

Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Emotion, Hatred, Injustice, Truth

30

"Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms."

"Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms."

Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist

Emotional, Emotions

30

"He suffered from a rush of words to the head."

"He suffered from a rush of words to the head."

Herbert Samuel, British Statesman

Emotional, Words

29

"I tried to have more than one emotion on the record."

"I tried to have more than one emotion on the record."

Neko Case, American Musician

Emotional, Emotion

29

"Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely."

"Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling

29

"There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth."

"There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth."

John Travolta, American Actor

Emotional, Emotions, Pain

29

"Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings."

"Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings."

Alice Duer Miller, American Poet

Emotional, Feelings, Contempt, Defense

29

"My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept."

"My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Emotional, Emotions, Force, Words

29

"The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility."

"The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility."

John Keats, English Poet

Emotional, Feelings, Enemy, Help, Public

29

"I'm clenching my fists so tight my fingernails leave red crescent moons on my skin. I feel a surge, a heat roar up inside me. As bad as I'm hurting now, he'll hurt ten times worse. That's the only thing that keeps me going."

"I'm clenching my fists so tight my fingernails leave red crescent moons on my skin. I feel a surge, a heat roar up inside me. As bad as I'm hurting now, he'll hurt ten times worse. That's the only thing that keeps me going."

Jenny Han, American Novelist

Emotion, Anger, Strength, Motivational

29

"And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside of me."

"And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside of me."

Patrick Ness, American Author

Emotion, Pain, Despair, Life

29

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Emotion, Memory, Pain

29

"I delete the picture of him from my phone; I delete his number. I think that if I just delete him enough, it will be like none of it ever happened and my heart won't hurt so badly."

"I delete the picture of him from my phone; I delete his number. I think that if I just delete him enough, it will be like none of it ever happened and my heart won't hurt so badly."

Jenny Han, American Novelist

Emotion, Heartbreak, Healing, Memory, Truth

29

"What torments of grief you endured from evils that never arrived."

"What torments of grief you endured from evils that never arrived."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Emotion, Grief, Evil, Fear

29

"We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat."

"We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat."

Anthony Head, English Actor

Emotional, Emotions, Talk, Thinking

29

"Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too."

"Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Emotion, Joy, Sorrow, Courage, Fear

29

"When you lose someone and it hurts, that's when you know the love was real."

"When you lose someone and it hurts, that's when you know the love was real."

Jenny Han, American Novelist

Emotion, Love, Loss, Truth, Happiness

29

"His fingertips came to rest against the back of my hand, sending a zip of current through my whole body. "I'm done hiding, he whispered. "Nothing has changed. I know we might not have a lot of time, but what we do have, I want to spend right here."

"His fingertips came to rest against the back of my hand, sending a zip of current through my whole body. "I'm done hiding, he whispered. "Nothing has changed. I know we might not have a lot of time, but what we do have, I want to spend right here."

Julie Kagawa, American Author

Emotion, Love, Time, Connection, Presence

29

"Every role varies greatly, just as emotions vary greatly."

"Every role varies greatly, just as emotions vary greatly."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Emotional, Emotions

29

"I hate you! I screamed at Fang. Tucking my wings in, I aimed downward,diving toward the ground at more than two hundred miles an hour."No you dooonnn't! Fang's voice spiraled away into nothingness, far aboveme.Inside my head, almost drowned out by the roar of wind rushing by my ears, Iheard the Voice make a tsking sound. You guys are crazy about each other, itsaid."

"I hate you! I screamed at Fang. Tucking my wings in, I aimed downward,diving toward the ground at more than two hundred miles an hour."No you dooonnn't! Fang's voice spiraled away into nothingness, far aboveme.Inside my head, almost drowned out by the roar of wind rushing by my ears, Iheard the Voice make a tsking sound. You guys are crazy about each other, itsaid."

James Patterson, American Author

Emotion, Love, Hate, Conflict

29

"Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH!And look around ...can you blame us?!"

"Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH!And look around ...can you blame us?!"

Morrissey, British Singer

Emotion, Intensity, Life, Stress

29

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

Buddha, Indian Leader

Emotion, Anger, Control, Truth, Mindfulness

29

"It shocks me how I wish for...what is lost and cannot come back."

"It shocks me how I wish for...what is lost and cannot come back."

Sue Monk Kidd, American Writer

Emotion, Loss, Desire, Regret

29

"Lighted advertisements went running up dark red facades and dissipating again. He would pass girls; he would turn to look; but the prettier the face, the harder it was to take the plunge."

"Lighted advertisements went running up dark red facades and dissipating again. He would pass girls; he would turn to look; but the prettier the face, the harder it was to take the plunge."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Emotion, Desire, Beauty, Struggle

29

"The angers between women will not kill us if we can articulate them with precision, if we listen to the content of what is said with at least as much intensity as we defend ourselves agains the manner of saying. When we turn from anger we turn from insight, saying we will accept only the designs already known, deadly and safely familiar. I have tried to learn my anger's usefulness to me, as well as its limitations."

"The angers between women will not kill us if we can articulate them with precision, if we listen to the content of what is said with at least as much intensity as we defend ourselves agains the manner of saying. When we turn from anger we turn from insight, saying we will accept only the designs already known, deadly and safely familiar. I have tried to learn my anger's usefulness to me, as well as its limitations."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Emotion, Anger, Observation, Truth, Wisdom

29

"The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago..."

"The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago..."

Joan Didion, American Author

Emotion, Loss, Grief, Memory, Preparation

29

"What is the world, except that which we feel? Love, and hope, and delight, or sorrow and tears; these are our lives, our realities, to which we give the names of power, possession, misfortune, and death."

"What is the world, except that which we feel? Love, and hope, and delight, or sorrow and tears; these are our lives, our realities, to which we give the names of power, possession, misfortune, and death."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Emotion, Love, Sorrow, Reality

29

"Sometimes, all it takes to lift the sadness from another is to let them know how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are having them in your life."

"Sometimes, all it takes to lift the sadness from another is to let them know how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are having them in your life."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

Emotion, Sadness, Appreciation, Gratitude, Support

29

"Just when we thought everything was going to be okay, we all fell apart."

"Just when we thought everything was going to be okay, we all fell apart."

Jenny Han, American Novelist

Emotion, Chaos, Reality, Life

29

"Laughter lights up the darkness."

"Laughter lights up the darkness."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Emotion, Laughter, Happiness, Light, Joy

29

"How I wish I only felt using my hands and not with my whole heart."

"How I wish I only felt using my hands and not with my whole heart."

Alfa H, American Author

Emotion, Regret, Truth, Longing

29

"... sterile, splendid torture of understanding and loving..."

"... sterile, splendid torture of understanding and loving..."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Emotion, Understanding, Pain, Complexity

29

"Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain."

"Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain."

Anne Grant, Scottish Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Grief, Loss, Pain

29

"Sometimes your eyes are not the only place the tears fall from."

"Sometimes your eyes are not the only place the tears fall from."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

Emotion, Tears, Sorrow, Pain

29

"You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word and a blow. But the thing that rankles is hurt vanity. That sticks. Humiliation. And we've all got a sore spot we don't like to have touched."

"You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word and a blow. But the thing that rankles is hurt vanity. That sticks. Humiliation. And we've all got a sore spot we don't like to have touched."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Emotion, Jealousy, Vanity, Memory

29

"This one word "Love has revolutionized the whole planet in an evolutionary way. Without this, none of us might have been born."

"This one word "Love has revolutionized the whole planet in an evolutionary way. Without this, none of us might have been born."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Emotion, Love, Wisdom, Truth

28

"Hope without love is hopeless."

"Hope without love is hopeless."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Emotion, Hope, Love, Faith

28

"Dark-bright fire lit eyes."

"Dark-bright fire lit eyes."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Emotion, Observation, Truth, Wisdom

28

"I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty."

"I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty."

David Antin, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Liberty

28

"I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do."

"I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do."

Jonathan Demme, American Director

Emotional, Feelings, Care, Chance, Deals

28

"Let the gladness of your soul blossom."

"Let the gladness of your soul blossom."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Gladness, Soul, Joy, Bloom

28

"Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one."

"Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one."

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

Emotional, Feeling, Worth

28

"His smile was sexy and warned of trouble, but I'd made up my mind that not all trouble was bad."

"His smile was sexy and warned of trouble, but I'd made up my mind that not all trouble was bad."

Becca Fitzpatrick, American Novelist

Emotion, Attraction, Trouble, Choice, Desire

28

"WINTER SPOILER - KINDA IDRKCinder looked away. Though so much had changed between them since that night, it still felt like an ice pick in her heart when she remembered the way he'd looked at her, and his horrified words: You're even more painful to look at than she is."

"WINTER SPOILER - KINDA IDRKCinder looked away. Though so much had changed between them since that night, it still felt like an ice pick in her heart when she remembered the way he'd looked at her, and his horrified words: You're even more painful to look at than she is."

Marissa Meyer, American Author

Emotion, Pain, Memory, Observation

28

"The worst sin-perhaps the only sin- passion can commit is to be joyless."

"The worst sin-perhaps the only sin- passion can commit is to be joyless."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Emotion, Joy, Passion, Fulfillment

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