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Emotion Quotes

"There is a song in your heart, only you can hear it. In silence, that is the song of longing and love."

"There is a song in your heart, only you can hear it. In silence, that is the song of longing and love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Emotional, Song, Love, Heart

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"Broken heart will turn into a stronger one within hope."

"Broken heart will turn into a stronger one within hope."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Emotion, Hope, Happiness, Truth, Regret

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"She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. But I don't believe anyone is a nothing. There has to be something inside, if only to keep the skin from collapsing. This vacant eye, listless hand, this damask cheek dusted like a doughnut with plastic powder, had to have a memory or a dream."

"She wasn't happy, but then she wasn't unhappy. She wasn't anything. But I don't believe anyone is a nothing. There has to be something inside, if only to keep the skin from collapsing. This vacant eye, listless hand, this damask cheek dusted like a doughnut with plastic powder, had to have a memory or a dream."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Emotion, Emptiness, Memory, Dream, Happiness

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"Deep inside her heart, I was feeling my home like a hay made nest."

"Deep inside her heart, I was feeling my home like a hay made nest."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Emotion, Home, Heart, Comfort

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"Sometimes, we can't help but to shed tears!"

"Sometimes, we can't help but to shed tears!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotion, Tears, Sometimes, Help

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"To be Despair. It is a portrait. Only close your eyes and feel."

"To be Despair. It is a portrait. Only close your eyes and feel."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Emotion, Despair, Feeling, Art

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"I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?"Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness."

"I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?"Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Emotion, Tenderness, Gender, Love

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"Boredom is essentially a thwarted desire for events, not necessarily pleasant ones, but just occurrences such as will enable the victim of ennui to know one day from another. The opposite of boredom, in a word, is not pleasure, but excitement."

"Boredom is essentially a thwarted desire for events, not necessarily pleasant ones, but just occurrences such as will enable the victim of ennui to know one day from another. The opposite of boredom, in a word, is not pleasure, but excitement."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Emotion, Boredom, Desire, Excitement, Experience

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"You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me."

"You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Happiness, Control, Expectation, Life

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"I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows."

"I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Emotion, Suicide, Spirit, Pain, Life

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"Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman."

"Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Emotion, Anger, Rhetoric, Expression, Observation

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"You think so logically...like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically...like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth..."

"You think so logically...like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically...like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Emotion, Logic, Contrast, Feeling

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"Suffering and pain are always obligatory for a broad consciousness and a deep heart. Truly great men I think, must feel great sorrow in this world."

"Suffering and pain are always obligatory for a broad consciousness and a deep heart. Truly great men I think, must feel great sorrow in this world."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Emotion, Suffering, Pain, Consciousness, Heart

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"When problems come, remain calm in two cases. One when you know you can solve them so smile; second when you know you can't so be silent."

"When problems come, remain calm in two cases. One when you know you can solve them so smile; second when you know you can't so be silent."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Emotion, Calm, Problem, Acceptance, Patience

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"The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure."

"The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Emotion, Deception, Pleasure, Charm, Truth

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"Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain."

"Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Emotion, Tears, Grief, Joy, Family

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"Down the road of hate, at every busted corner lurks the need for love."

"Down the road of hate, at every busted corner lurks the need for love."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Hate, Love, Needs

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"Bitterness is a broken spirit."

"Bitterness is a broken spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Bitterness, Spirit, Broken, Healing

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"I feel like I might start crying and that I'm going to cry pee."

"I feel like I might start crying and that I'm going to cry pee."

John Green, American Author

Emotion, Humor, Feeling, Life

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"I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus. I'm sorry Rachel. I'm sorry Jon. I'm sorry I'm alive and you're dead. I'm sorry I was asleep. I'm sorry I didn't save you and now I'm taking your things. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus. I'm sorry Rachel. I'm sorry Jon. I'm sorry I'm alive and you're dead. I'm sorry I was asleep. I'm sorry I didn't save you and now I'm taking your things. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Holly Black, American Author

Emotion, Regret, Apology, Responsibility

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"I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion..."

"I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Emotion, Security, Risk, Love, Art

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"If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it."

"If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Emotion, Love, Hurt, Courage, Values

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"Brokenness a result of bitterness."

"Brokenness a result of bitterness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Bitterness, Brokenness, Healing, Pain

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"I didn't want to see her. I was desperate to see her. I wanted to hold it together. I wanted to melt down right at her feet and scream, Look what you've done to me."

"I didn't want to see her. I was desperate to see her. I wanted to hold it together. I wanted to melt down right at her feet and scream, Look what you've done to me."

David Levithan, American Author

Emotion, Desperation, Control, Sadness

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"Each heart is made of a different stone - no two feel alike nor break the same way ..."

"Each heart is made of a different stone - no two feel alike nor break the same way ..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Emotion, Heart, Love, Difference

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"He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily."

"He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Emotion, Guilt, Doubt, Healing

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"The daggers of silence last longer than anything ever spoken."

"The daggers of silence last longer than anything ever spoken."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Emotion, Silence, Pain, Memory, Words

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"What you must understand about me is that I'm a deeply unhappy person."

"What you must understand about me is that I'm a deeply unhappy person."

John Green, American Author

Emotion, Unhappiness, Self, Truth

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"Love, he thinks, is a lie that people tell each other in order to make the world bearable. He is not up for the lie anymore. And nobody is going to lie to him like that, anyway. He's not even worth a lie."

"Love, he thinks, is a lie that people tell each other in order to make the world bearable. He is not up for the lie anymore. And nobody is going to lie to him like that, anyway. He's not even worth a lie."

David Levithan, American Author

Emotion, Love, Lies, Truth, Pain

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"That's what it felt like - that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me."

"That's what it felt like - that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me."

David Levithan, American Author

Emotion, Hurt, Pain, Sensitivity

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"I would like to be with you, but I do love my loneliness too."

"I would like to be with you, but I do love my loneliness too."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Emotion, Love, Loneliness, Choice

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"I say good-bye to hope, but I also say goodbye to hope's disappointment."

"I say good-bye to hope, but I also say goodbye to hope's disappointment."

David Levithan, American Author

Emotion, Hope, Disappointment, Resilience

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"When Geoffrey was away, the goat often took himself off. He had soon got the goats at Granny's cottage doing his bidding, and Nanny Ogg said once that she had seen what she called 'that devil goat' sitting in the middle of a circle of feral goats up in the hills. She named him 'The Mince of Darkness' because of his small and twinkling hooves, and added, 'Not that I don't like him, stinky as he is. I've always been one for the horns, as you might say. Goats is clever. Sheep ain't. No offence, my dear."

"When Geoffrey was away, the goat often took himself off. He had soon got the goats at Granny's cottage doing his bidding, and Nanny Ogg said once that she had seen what she called 'that devil goat' sitting in the middle of a circle of feral goats up in the hills. She named him 'The Mince of Darkness' because of his small and twinkling hooves, and added, 'Not that I don't like him, stinky as he is. I've always been one for the horns, as you might say. Goats is clever. Sheep ain't. No offence, my dear."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Emotion, Power, Today, Wisdom, Truth

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"The false hope I filled myself with is fleeing and I'm beginning to feel scared again."

"The false hope I filled myself with is fleeing and I'm beginning to feel scared again."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Emotion, Fear, Hope, Change

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"She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her."

"She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Emotion, Sadness, Nature, Grief

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"It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating."

"It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating."

John Green, American Author

Emotion, Pain, Suffering, Physical, Hurt

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"In tears, we labour for what we want."

"In tears, we labour for what we want."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Tears, Labour, Desire, Work

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"Author describes one character's optimism as, that quiet well-being which perhaps you and I have felt on a sunny afternoon when, in our brightest youth and health, life has opened a new vista for us, and long to-morrows of activity have stretched before us like a lovely plain which there was no need for hurrying to look at, because it was all our own."

"Author describes one character's optimism as, that quiet well-being which perhaps you and I have felt on a sunny afternoon when, in our brightest youth and health, life has opened a new vista for us, and long to-morrows of activity have stretched before us like a lovely plain which there was no need for hurrying to look at, because it was all our own."

George Eliot, British Author

Emotion, Optimism, Youth, Happiness, Future

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"You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not."

"You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Emotion, Heart, Protection, Hope, Truth

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"She is not with me this grief is not bigger then this relax that she is with her choice."

"She is not with me this grief is not bigger then this relax that she is with her choice."

Mohammed Zaki Ansari, Indian Writer

Emotion, Grief, Acceptance, Choice

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"An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does."

"An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Emotion, Fear, Life, Struggle

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"That's what it felt like---that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me."

"That's what it felt like---that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me."

David Levithan, American Author

Emotion, Hurt, Pain, Sensitivity

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"Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word."

"Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Emotion, Wounds, Healing, Pain, Memory

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"Let every human heart be open at spark of the light."

"Let every human heart be open at spark of the light."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Emotional, Heart, Light, Openness, Humanity

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"After a long, labored sigh, I said, "She was really happy when I got there. I'm pretty sure she was suicidal when I left."You do have that effect on people."

"After a long, labored sigh, I said, "She was really happy when I got there. I'm pretty sure she was suicidal when I left."You do have that effect on people."

Darynda Jones, American Author

Emotion, Happiness, Influence, People

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"More and more, the hardest part of crying is when I can't stop."

"More and more, the hardest part of crying is when I can't stop."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Grief, Struggle, Pain

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"To live with a mind full of grudges and jealousy, is to bargain to be constantly punished by negative feelings and emotions."

"To live with a mind full of grudges and jealousy, is to bargain to be constantly punished by negative feelings and emotions."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Emotion, Negativity, Jealousy, Pain

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"What? Really? And I thought I was just emotionally withdrawn. She pulled her feet up, hugging her knees. "I'm also incapable going to be your next brilliant observation."

"What? Really? And I thought I was just emotionally withdrawn. She pulled her feet up, hugging her knees. "I'm also incapable going to be your next brilliant observation."

Marissa Meyer, American Author

Emotion, Confusion, Humor, Reflection

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"Hate will only eat the truth, then spit out a lie."

"Hate will only eat the truth, then spit out a lie."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Hate, Truth, Lies

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"The only souls that have knowledge of love, is of those who fall in love."

"The only souls that have knowledge of love, is of those who fall in love."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Emotion, Love, Knowledge, Romance

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