I write about emotions – falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where you are or who you are. I think that’s why people feel connected.

She laughed. ‘It won’t last. Nothing lasts. But I’m happy now.”Happy,’ I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most...

Joy, like love, is an impenetrable, God-given state of being. The distinctions between joy and happiness and love and affection are important ones under the notion that happiness is an ‘iffy’ emotion, a highly dependent...

What people see you do may not be remembered; what they hear you say may be forgotten; but how they feel your intervention in their times of need will forever be remembered.

This is the final regular season meet for the seniors, making it very emotional. Both teams should come out with intense energy. This meet will give us a good idea what to expect in the...

As fleeting emotions stalk it, a face can leak fear or the guilt of a forming lie.

Each drop that fell,had a story to tell.each smile that curved,said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)

It’s easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it’s tough to sit.

The size of your sighs tell how deeply you’re in love. How I feel is very much like a stressed and distressed midget trying to breathe.

DENIAL OF EMOTIONSOur culture does not handle emotions well. We like folks to be happy and fine. We learn rituals of acting happy and fine at an early age. I can remember many times telling...

If you keep your emotions locked in a box, then when you want to open it one day you’ll find that they’re gone.

My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.

No one can make you feel anything. Emotions are whatever you choose to feel. It might be an instantaneous decision – to choose to be happy or sad or offended or hurt – but it’s...

Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion

A little inhumanity does not describe you as heartless, rather, it is a way of telling others that you have a heart that can get angry.

It was because someone who was a real friend was having the exact same feelings I was having, about something that was more important to me than anything else. I bet there are people who...

…emotions fly humans toward art

pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.

The duty imposed on intellect by Life is not to suppress, but purify emotions.

Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else.

Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions!A. This is one of the worst illusions we have. We think that negative emotions are produced by circumstances,...

That is an irresponsible remark probably made when emotions were running high.

I’m not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I’m not going to let them destroy my feelings or my emotions.

He was a breath of fresh air after the heart wrenching storm that had engulfed me.

Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

I’d like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.

She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins.

You cannot make yourself have a flashback, nor will you have one unless you are emotionally ready to remember something. Once remembered, the memory can help you to face more of the truth. You can...

For the vile human pigs in life; the sloppy, disheveled, uncaring dregs, the ungrateful, and especially for the vicious, negative emotional peasants — there will only continue to be the hard and painful lessons you...

Quit pretending to be humble when you are really just a self-abusing, emotional, drama junkie.

We may seem fine, even when the pain remains right there beneath our surface.

The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of...

BEFRIENDING THE BODY Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means that you live in a body that is always on guard. Angry people...

Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the “monkey mind”–the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. From the distant past to the...

This is based on emotion. Those jurors had a lot of pressure on them … and public pressure changes people’s minds.

Our vibration depends upon what we are thinking, feeling and acting. You have two choices, one is to flow with the chaotic frequencies of the world and feel hopeless, or decide what and how you...

Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.

It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren’t words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke.

No man stops caring as long as he breathes. As long as he has a mind and memory, he will care. This is what separates us from the animals. We have feelings.

Instead of letting our emotions run amok, we can use our minds as tools to build or create realities that serve us better

I had some emotional issues, so I went to a therapist. And guess what I don’t have now? That’s right, I don’t have any extra money. But I still have those emotional issues.

Because I’m emotionally immature, I’d prefer letting go of you early and always remembering you as you were, rather than hanging on and letting things develop and blossom and then eventually decay.

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.

Some prisons don’t require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.

We are social and political creatures but foremost we are a biological one. Our feelings, sentiments, emotions and attractions are generally because of our biological structure and appearance.

There were a lot of mixed emotions in that locker room after the game. Our season’s so long and to be where we were right there with a lead in the fourth quarter with a...

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

People are likely to act based on their emotions and then backward-rationalize. Because women have highly developed emotional circuits, they are especially susceptible to this.

I don’t like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It’s the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It’s bad news. The worst. It’s sharp sticks and cherry...

Success regarding your psyche is comparable to health regarding your physical body. Success means you never have to think about your psyche again. A naturally healthy body is one that just does what it’s supposed...