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"Umbrellas raining upon me, as these cloudy tears give me shelter."

"Umbrellas raining upon me, as these cloudy tears give me shelter."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Protection, Symbolism, Weather

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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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"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

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"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child."

"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Loss, Grief, Language

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"Drama don't arrive by surprise, it is subconsciously attracted to fertile grounds."

"Drama don't arrive by surprise, it is subconsciously attracted to fertile grounds."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

Emotion, Drama, Attraction, Subconscious

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"Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism."

"Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Revenge, Coping, Darkness

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"I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust for the touch of another's skin on my skin...a lust for everything. I even lust after cake. Yes, I am very lusty and very scary."

"I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust for the touch of another's skin on my skin...a lust for everything. I even lust after cake. Yes, I am very lusty and very scary."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Emotion, Desire, Life, Lust, Passion

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"Guilt is to your health as a thief is to your wealth."

"Guilt is to your health as a thief is to your wealth."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

Emotion, Guilt, Health, Wealth

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"Long before something happens in our life, it happened in our heart."

"Long before something happens in our life, it happened in our heart."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Emotion, Heart, Events, Life, Feeling

6

"Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved."

"Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Loss, Grief, Love

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"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."

"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Emotion, Hatred, Revenge, Humanity

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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

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"She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a wolverine and all, but sometimes she felt like she was just a little girl after all."

"She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a wolverine and all, but sometimes she felt like she was just a little girl after all."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Emotion, Bravery, Fear, Childhood, Strength

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"Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong."

"Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Pain, Struggle, Privacy

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"Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere."

"Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Temper, Death, Nature, Change

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"When someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real..."

"When someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Emotion, Honesty, Sensitivity, Heart

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"Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."

"Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Envy, Grief, Loss

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"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."

"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Emotional, Deed, Intention

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"To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing."

"To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing."

Dorothy Thompson, American Journalist

Emotional, End, Feeling, Nothing

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"I feel like I'm walking on eggs and can't take another step."

"I feel like I'm walking on eggs and can't take another step."

Bill Buckner, American Athlete

Emotional, Walking

5

"It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in."

"It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in."

Logan P. Smith, American Writer

Emotional, Ecstasy

5

"A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon."

"A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Emotional, Smile, Will

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"In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings."

"In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings."

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Journalist

Emotional, Feelings, Contempt, Order

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"I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression."

"I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Emotional, Feeling

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"The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good."

"The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good."

Magic Johnson, American Athlete

Emotional, Emotions, Want

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"I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at."

"I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

Emotional, Feeling

5

"Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation."

"Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation."

Ted Koppel, American Journalist

Emotional, Emotions, Loss, Perspective

5

"You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules."

"You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules."

Bernard Pivot, French Journalist

Emotional, Feeling, Guests, Language, Rules

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"Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone."

"Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone."

Eric Cantona, French Athlete

Emotional, Emotion

5

"The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess."

"The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

Emotional, Excess, Fire

5

"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

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"I might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is."

"I might say something in Spanish; it all depends on how I'm feeling, what the situation is."

Bobby Bonilla, American Athlete

Emotional, Feeling

5

"I can access emotions very easily."

"I can access emotions very easily."

Allison Janney, American Actress

Emotional, Emotions

5

"I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me."

"I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me."

Wilma Rudolph, American Athlete

Emotional, Feeling, Freedom, Running

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"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

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"To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable."

"To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable."

Sebastian Coe, British Politician

Emotional, Feeling, Gold

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"The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best."

"The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best."

Chris Van Allsburg, American Author

Emotional, Feeling, Sky

5

"It's the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical."

"It's the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical."

Meg White, American Musician

Emotional, Emotion

5

"Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock."

"Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Emotional, State

5

"I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring."

"I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring."

David Brin, American Author

Emotional, Feeling, Writing

5

"There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensate it."

"There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensate it."

Beth Gibbons, English Musician

Emotional, Emotion

5

"I can't sleep alone anymoreand I get used tocompanytoo quickly. You're always gone too soon."

"I can't sleep alone anymoreand I get used tocompanytoo quickly. You're always gone too soon."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Emotion, Loneliness, Love, Attachment, Loss

5

"I hate it too, Violet said, and Klaus looked at his older sister with relief. Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation."

"I hate it too, Violet said, and Klaus looked at his older sister with relief. Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Emotion, Hate, Agreement, Support

5

"The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain."

"The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain."

Tertullian, Roman Author

Emotional, Feeling, Lies, Pain, Pleasure

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"Envy is admiration laced with resentment."

"Envy is admiration laced with resentment."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Emotional, Envy, Admiration, Resentment, Emotion

5

"I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running."

"I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Emotional, Feeling, Running

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"Better to be without logic than without feeling."

"Better to be without logic than without feeling."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Emotional, Feeling, Logic

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"There are three conditions which often look alikeYet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow:Attachment to self and to things and to persons, detachmentFrom self and from things and from persons; and, growing between them, indifference, ... ."

"There are three conditions which often look alikeYet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow:Attachment to self and to things and to persons, detachmentFrom self and from things and from persons; and, growing between them, indifference, ... ."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Emotion, Attachment, Detachment, Indifference, Self

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"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

5

"One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers."

"One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Emotion, Sadness, Memory, Life

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