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Emotion Quotes

"But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?"

"But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?"

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Emotion, Tranquility, Comfort, Contentment, End

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"After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs."

"After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Nerves, Pain

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"I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and Ihated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them."

"I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and Ihated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them."

John Green, American Author

Emotion, Hate, Sports, Conflict

40

"You can't selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light."

"You can't selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Emotion, Anger, Truth, Life

40

"I don't like romance, I don't like sadness. The sadness motion is negative one... as much you are sad as more deeper you go and you want to return the thing which you can't."

"I don't like romance, I don't like sadness. The sadness motion is negative one... as much you are sad as more deeper you go and you want to return the thing which you can't."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Emotion, Regret, Happiness, Truth, Today

40

"So overjoyed were they at their deliverance that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them like a flower of silver, and the Moon like a flower of gold."

"So overjoyed were they at their deliverance that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them like a flower of silver, and the Moon like a flower of gold."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Emotion, Joy, Deliverance, Laughter, Nature

40

"The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs."

"The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs."

Malcolm De Chazal, French Writer

Emotional, Smiles

40

"I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times."

"I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Emotional, Emotion, Play, Song, Words

40

"A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties."

"A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Emotional, Feelings, Thinking

39

"When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings."

"When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings."

Sydney J. Harris, American Journalist

Emotional, Feelings, Thoughts, First

39

"Don't live your life with anger and hate in your heart as you will only be hurting yourself more than the people you hate."

"Don't live your life with anger and hate in your heart as you will only be hurting yourself more than the people you hate."

Robert Tew, American Writer

Emotional, Hate, Anger, Heart, Pain

39

"There is something great and terrible about suicide."

"There is something great and terrible about suicide."

Honore De Balzac, French Novelist

Emotional, Suicide

39

"Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor."

"Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor."

John Bates Clark, American Economist

Emotional, Feelings, Strength, Loyalty, May

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"You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen."

"You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen."

Joe DiMaggio, American Athlete

Emotional, Birthday, Party

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"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions."

"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions."

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

Emotional, Emotions, May, World

39

"It made my blood boil so hot, my brain stopped working right."

"It made my blood boil so hot, my brain stopped working right."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Emotion, Anger, Frustration, Reaction

39

"As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all."

"As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Emotional, Emotion

39

"How can days and happenings and moments so good become so quickly ugly, and for no reason, for no real reason? Just - change.With nothing causing it."

"How can days and happenings and moments so good become so quickly ugly, and for no reason, for no real reason? Just - change.With nothing causing it."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Emotion, Change, Uncertainty, Life

39

"The only way to fight a feeling is with a feeling."

"The only way to fight a feeling is with a feeling."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Emotion, Healing, Balance, Feelings

39

"Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions."

"Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Emotion, Time, Alone, Change

39

"Everything's going to be okay', because that's what I wanted him to say and it's what he wanted to say and that's what you do when the curtain is falling - you give the line that the audience wants to hear."

"Everything's going to be okay', because that's what I wanted him to say and it's what he wanted to say and that's what you do when the curtain is falling - you give the line that the audience wants to hear."

Rick Yancey, American Author

Emotion, Hope, Comfort, Empathy, Connection

39

"True feeling justifies whatever it may cost."

"True feeling justifies whatever it may cost."

May Sarton, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling, May

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"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."

"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Emotional, Feeling, Reality

39

"Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling."

"Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Pride

39

"The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be."

"The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Emotion, Beauty, Surprise, Truth

39

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."

Leo Buscaglia, American Author

Emotional, Play, Wind

39

"Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It's an addiction to break."

"Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It's an addiction to break."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Hope, Addiction, Tenacity

39

"We all act crazy when we fall in love, stupid when we miss them, and insane when we lose them."

"We all act crazy when we fall in love, stupid when we miss them, and insane when we lose them."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Emotion, Love, Pain

39

"A heart has problems which mind cannot understand."

"A heart has problems which mind cannot understand."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Emotion, Heart, Mind, Problem

39

"It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist."

"It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist."

Tom Wopat, American Actor

Emotional, Emotion, Voice

38

"Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced."

"Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced."

Valerie Bertinelli, American Actress

Emotional, Emotions

38

"Emotions have taught mankind to reason."

"Emotions have taught mankind to reason."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Emotional, Emotions, Mankind, Reason

38

"Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman."

"Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman."

Vicki Baum, American Novelist

Emotional, Feeling, Pity, Woman

38

"I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions."

"I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

Emotional, Feeling

38

"I can access emotions very easily."

"I can access emotions very easily."

Allison Janney, American Actress

Emotional, Emotions

38

"Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions."

"Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions."

Iris Murdoch, Irish Author

Emotional, Emotions, Literature

38

"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee."

"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee."

J.R. Ward, American Author

Emotion, Jealousy, Humor, Observation

38

"I wish I felt as calm as I look."

"I wish I felt as calm as I look."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Emotion, Calm, Appearance, Control

38

"Love needs too much help, he said.hate takes care of itself."

"Love needs too much help, he said.hate takes care of itself."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Emotion, Love, Hate, Conflict

38

"The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections,They scorn the best I can do to relate them."

"The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections,They scorn the best I can do to relate them."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Emotion, Observation, Expression, Humanity

38

"Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends, but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own."

"Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends, but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Emotion, Happiness, Loneliness, Friendship

38

"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."

"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Emotional, Solitude

38

"I never realised how powerful desire could be. It consumes every part of you, enhancing your senses by a million."

"I never realised how powerful desire could be. It consumes every part of you, enhancing your senses by a million."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Emotion, Desire, Power, Intensity

38

"The funniest people are the saddest ones."

"The funniest people are the saddest ones."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Emotion, Humor, Pain, Sadness

38

"I realized that your mother couldn't see the emptiness, she couldn't see anything...All of the words I'd written to her over all of those years, had I never said anything to hear at all?"

"I realized that your mother couldn't see the emptiness, she couldn't see anything...All of the words I'd written to her over all of those years, had I never said anything to hear at all?"

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist

Emotion, Emptiness, Communication, Silence, Word

38

"Regret is mostly caused by not havingdone anything."

"Regret is mostly caused by not havingdone anything."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Emotion, Regret, Inaction, Mistake, Life

38

"What makes awe such a powerful call to love is that it's disruptive. It sneaks up on us. It doesn't ask our permission to wow us; it just does. Awe can arise from a single glance, a sound, a gesture."

"What makes awe such a powerful call to love is that it's disruptive. It sneaks up on us. It doesn't ask our permission to wow us; it just does. Awe can arise from a single glance, a sound, a gesture."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Emotion, Awe, Power, Love, Surprise

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"She wished such words unsaid with all her heart."

"She wished such words unsaid with all her heart."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Emotion, Regret, Words, Heart

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"But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing."

"But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Emotion, Memory, Heart, Forgetfulness

38

"There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause."

"There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

Emotional, Applause, Nothing

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