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Emotion Quotes



"Somewhere in the notes Estraven wrote during our trek across the Gobrin Ice he wonders why his companion is ashamed to cry. I could have told him even then that it was not shame so much as fear. Now I went on through the Sinoth Valley, through the evening of his death, into the cold country that lies beyond fear. There I found you can weep all you like, but there's no good in it."


"I am jealous of anyone who can make other people care so much."


"In that cold autistic dark."


"No passion disturbs the soundness of our judgement as anger does."


"Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!"


"The human being is so complicated in some ways, and yet so simple in others. Sometimes, we need complex medication regimens. Yet, sometimes, we just need a good cry."


"You want to know why you felt that way about me even though you didn't love me."


"But a desperate heart will seduce the mind."


"Submit in silence and scream from within.Or...Stand up and shout and silence the pain."


"Grudges always bring negative feelings to any mind that opens its door for them to settle in."


"The feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches..."


"If you throw a stone into the ocean, it will reach the bottom; if you throw a word into someone's heart, it will reach their soul."


"Pleasure can turn the body into a slave. Desire can turn the mind into a fool. Passion can turn the heart into a beast. Love can turn the soul into an angel."


"She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years."


"Being angry, resentful, or saddened by rejection can suck the sweetness out of acceptance."


"In today's world, it is tempting to follow suit and artificially numb the emotions you don't want while inducing the ones that you do want. The problem is that pushing pleasure into your veins will not get you out of quicksand, nor will blocking pain bring you relief. The solutions do not lie in the world of emotions, but rather in the world of thoughts."


"I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what we do to the people we love: take shots in the dark and realize too late we've wounded the people we're trying to protect."


"If I lose it now, I will lose you, too. I know that. I hate it."


"Be happy about your own life and you'll be amazed at just how much more beautiful you'll find it to be."


"If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?"


"Seasons of the heart. To get through what I must I'm often encased in ice and for months he chips away until he can see my face and after a while, I begin to thaw. As warmth and feeling returns, my emotions continue to build until my personality is set on fire. When he leaves, the fire dwindles until there is but a flicker. Then there is stillness and winter returns."


"I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep it up."


"Don't regret your despondency in the shadows of evil, for the good light never did anything to erase your misery."


"All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction."



"She wishes her grandmother had not been so protective, and that she understood better what passes between a man and woman. As it is, she simply enjoys the feelings and wonders if they are what lightning is made of, for everything comes back to the weather. Tears like rain. Smiles like the sun. Hair as dry as sand and fear like the dark ocean."
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