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Emotion Quotes

"We often try to see the reflections of the people who left us, in the people who come to stay with us....And in the course of doing so, we often try to change them to someone who they are not. And we often end up turning them into the pieces of same shattered mirror that used to hurt us before they came."

"We often try to see the reflections of the people who left us, in the people who come to stay with us....And in the course of doing so, we often try to change them to someone who they are not. And we often end up turning them into the pieces of same shattered mirror that used to hurt us before they came."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Emotion, Love, Loss, Healing, Change

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"To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead."

"To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Emotion, Life, Death, Expression

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"I wish to cry. Yet, I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on the top of the beer can."

"I wish to cry. Yet, I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on the top of the beer can."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Emotion, Sadness, Laughter, Contradiction

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"There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow."

"There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Emotion, Reflection, Sorrow, Memory, Calm

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"I wish I didn't have to think about you. You wanted to impress me; well, I'm not impressed, I'm disgusted...You wanted to make damn good and sure I'd never be able to turn over in bed again without feeling that body beside me, not there but tangible, like a leg that's been cut off. Gone but the place still hurts."

"I wish I didn't have to think about you. You wanted to impress me; well, I'm not impressed, I'm disgusted...You wanted to make damn good and sure I'd never be able to turn over in bed again without feeling that body beside me, not there but tangible, like a leg that's been cut off. Gone but the place still hurts."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Emotion, Disgust, Memory, Body, Loss

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"There is nothing will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself."

"There is nothing will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself."

George Eliot, British Author

Emotion, Fault, Behavior, Judgment

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"Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear."

"Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Emotion, Desire, Fear, Behavior

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"Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up."

"Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Emotion, Sorrow, Pain, Heart

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"I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it."

"I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Emotion, Loneliness, Strength, Life

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"The human heart is my school."

"The human heart is my school."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Emotion, Heart, Learning, Life

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"Human sympathy has its limits."

"Human sympathy has its limits."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Emotion, Sympathy, Limit, Humanity

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"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all."

"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Emotion, Pride, Happiness, Desire

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"If we can be Glad .........But we choose to be Sad, we are MAD! ! !"

"If we can be Glad .........But we choose to be Sad, we are MAD! ! !"

R.V.M., Indian Author

Emotion, Happiness, Choice, Madness

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"Human feelings are queer things -- I am much happier -- black-leading the stove's -- making the beds and sweeping the floors at home, than I should be living like a fine lady anywhere else."

"Human feelings are queer things -- I am much happier -- black-leading the stove's -- making the beds and sweeping the floors at home, than I should be living like a fine lady anywhere else."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Emotion, Feelings, Happiness, Home, Comfort

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"She slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone."

"She slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Emotion, Loneliness, Separation, Feelings

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"Feelings and emotions as well as thoughts and opinions are evanescent; they change over time because they reflect our transient being. Feelings and emotions are judgments that spring from the hidden source of the unconscious mind, and only take on power whenever the conscious mind acknowledges them, and then chooses to convey an idea in some format that shares the rhythm of a person's own being with another person. Unuttered thoughts and inexpressible feelings experience a short half-life. Without proper nourishment, voiceless thoughts wither and indefinable feelings wane. Lucid thoughts and inexpressible feelings form imperceptible currents that propel us along in our inimitable journey exploring the tributaries of the stream of life."

"Feelings and emotions as well as thoughts and opinions are evanescent; they change over time because they reflect our transient being. Feelings and emotions are judgments that spring from the hidden source of the unconscious mind, and only take on power whenever the conscious mind acknowledges them, and then chooses to convey an idea in some format that shares the rhythm of a person's own being with another person. Unuttered thoughts and inexpressible feelings experience a short half-life. Without proper nourishment, voiceless thoughts wither and indefinable feelings wane. Lucid thoughts and inexpressible feelings form imperceptible currents that propel us along in our inimitable journey exploring the tributaries of the stream of life."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Emotion, Feelings, Thought, Change

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"My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken."

"My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Emotion, Heart, Pain, Love

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"Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy."

"Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Emotion, Sorrow, Joy, Life

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"I can generally bear the separation but I don't like the leave-taking."

"I can generally bear the separation but I don't like the leave-taking."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Emotion, Separation, Acceptance, Relationship

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"The shadows have both been my refuge and my repulse."

"The shadows have both been my refuge and my repulse."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Fear, Duality, Light

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"Follow your heart even if she is wrong, because only few dares to do that."

"Follow your heart even if she is wrong, because only few dares to do that."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Emotion, Heart, Love, Truth

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"Our two postcard hearts were frightened in unison under the tenacious look of the unfathomable old man who kept on eating one banana after another."

"Our two postcard hearts were frightened in unison under the tenacious look of the unfathomable old man who kept on eating one banana after another."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Emotion, Love, Fear, Aging

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"Anyone with half a mind could see that," said Tiffany.Miss Tick sighed. "Yes. But sometimes it's so hard to find half a mind when you need one."

"Anyone with half a mind could see that," said Tiffany.Miss Tick sighed. "Yes. But sometimes it's so hard to find half a mind when you need one."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Emotion, Wisdom, Happiness, Truth, Today

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"The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away."

"The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Emotion, Feeling, Depth, Threat, Survival

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"Whate'er we leave to God God does and blesses us."

"Whate'er we leave to God God does and blesses us."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Emotion, Solitude, Sadness, Reflection, Isolation

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"She is a girl who feels things strongly, and though cynics might mock her for that, I never will, as it is perhaps the best of graces: to feel deeply, to care profoundly."

"She is a girl who feels things strongly, and though cynics might mock her for that, I never will, as it is perhaps the best of graces: to feel deeply, to care profoundly."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Emotion, Caring, Depth, Feeling

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"This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty."

"This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Pain, Anger, Secrets, Security

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

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

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Emotion, Love, Feeling, Understanding

13

"Everyone wanted what she couldn't have."

"Everyone wanted what she couldn't have."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Emotion, Desire, Longing, Humanity

13

"Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an' not to no murder. You done right. Don't you kill nobody if you can help it."

"Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an' not to no murder. You done right. Don't you kill nobody if you can help it."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Emotion, Sadness, Communication, Murder, Violence

13

"He felt that he could not turn aside from himself the hatred of men, because that hatred did not come from his being bad (in that case he could have tried to be better), but from his being shamefully and repulsively unhappy. He knew that for this, for the very fact that his heart was torn with grief, they would be merciless to him. He felt that men would crush him as dogs strangle a torn dog yelping with pain. He knew that his sole means of security against people was to hide his wounds from them."

"He felt that he could not turn aside from himself the hatred of men, because that hatred did not come from his being bad (in that case he could have tried to be better), but from his being shamefully and repulsively unhappy. He knew that for this, for the very fact that his heart was torn with grief, they would be merciless to him. He felt that men would crush him as dogs strangle a torn dog yelping with pain. He knew that his sole means of security against people was to hide his wounds from them."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Emotion, Hatred, Sadness, Grief, Wounds

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"... rejoicing in a peace which brings only an increase of anxiety,..."

"... rejoicing in a peace which brings only an increase of anxiety,..."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Emotion, Peace, Anxiety, Conflict

13

"Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy."

"Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Emotion, Joy, Feeling, Life

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"She could not admit but that he had remarkable qualities, sometimes she thought that there was even in him a strange and unattractive greatness; it was curious then that she could not love him, but loved still a man whose worthlessness was now so clear to her."

"She could not admit but that he had remarkable qualities, sometimes she thought that there was even in him a strange and unattractive greatness; it was curious then that she could not love him, but loved still a man whose worthlessness was now so clear to her."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Emotion, Love, Perception, Regret

13

"Apprehension of a painful or disagreeable recognition made me tremble. I am confident that it took no distinctness of shape, and that it was the revival for a few minutes of the terror of childhood."

"Apprehension of a painful or disagreeable recognition made me tremble. I am confident that it took no distinctness of shape, and that it was the revival for a few minutes of the terror of childhood."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Emotion, Fear, Childhood, Memory

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"To show his nervousness was not shameful, only to admit it."

"To show his nervousness was not shameful, only to admit it."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Emotion, Sensitivity, Shame, Acceptance

13

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Emotion, Pain, Healing, Life

13

"You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns."

"You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns."

Mark Twain, American Author

Emotion, Heart, Reason, Laws, Intellect

13

"It's a way of talking about lust without talking about lust, he told them. It is a way of talking about sex, and fear of sex, and death, and fear of death, and what else is there to talk about?"

"It's a way of talking about lust without talking about lust, he told them. It is a way of talking about sex, and fear of sex, and death, and fear of death, and what else is there to talk about?"

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Emotion, Fear, Death, Sex

13

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

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

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Emotion, Grudges, Negativity, Mindset

13

"For in grief nothing "stays put." One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?But if a spiral, am I going up or down it?How often -- will it be for always? -- how often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty and make me say, "I never realized my loss till this moment"? The same leg is cut off time after time."

"For in grief nothing "stays put." One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?But if a spiral, am I going up or down it?How often -- will it be for always? -- how often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty and make me say, "I never realized my loss till this moment"? The same leg is cut off time after time."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Emotion, Grief, Cycle, Healing

13

"But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned."

"But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Emotion, Love, Truth, Power, Life

13

"When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry.You can see he has sympathy for nothing.It's written on his foreheadthat he can love no one."

"When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry.You can see he has sympathy for nothing.It's written on his foreheadthat he can love no one."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Emotion, Apathy, Anger, Love

13

"Passion out of passion's obstacles."

"Passion out of passion's obstacles."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Emotion, Passion, Obstacle, Energy

13

"Jealously would kill you from inside, if you water the plant of jealousy with anger instead of hard work."

"Jealously would kill you from inside, if you water the plant of jealousy with anger instead of hard work."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Emotion, Jealousy, Anger, HardWork

13

"Disappointment is a blessing. If you were never disappointed, you'd never know what was important to you."

"Disappointment is a blessing. If you were never disappointed, you'd never know what was important to you."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Emotion, Disappointment, Blessing, Values, Awareness

13

"Feelings do not grow old along with the body. Feelings form part of a world I don't know, but it's a world where there's no time, so space, no frontiers."

"Feelings do not grow old along with the body. Feelings form part of a world I don't know, but it's a world where there's no time, so space, no frontiers."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Emotion, Feelings, Aging, Time, Space

13

"My soul is melting in sadness but I still keep smiling for you."

"My soul is melting in sadness but I still keep smiling for you."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Emotion, Sadness, Soul, Smile

13

"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."

"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."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Emotional, Ocean, Heart, Soul, Word

13

"An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now."

"An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Emotion, Memories, Sadness, Now

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