Quotes about Emotions

I wonder if she allowed the man to see her eagerness and scared him? Possibly her failure to wait quietly caused him to curtail the friendship.

We cannot look at the sun all the time, we cannot face death all the time.

so many ways, loss shows us what is precious, while love teaches us who

Most people's initial reaction to sad people is to try to cheer them up, to tell them not to look at things so grimly, to look at the bright side of life. This cheering-up reaction is often an expression of that person's own needs and that person's own inability to tolerate a long face over an extended period. A mourner should be allowed to experience his sorrow, and he will be grateful for those who can sit with him without telling him not to be sad.

You may find that your God is strong enough to handle your anger, strong enough to feel compassion and love for you, even in the midst of your anger at him.

As you grow stronger, it may return from time to time, but that is how grief works.

Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.

But the tender grace of a day that is deadWill never come back to me.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,Tears from the depth of some divine despairRise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,In looking on the happy autumn fields,And thinking of the days that are no more.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the sidewalks, if they wept under trees, smacked whomever they despised, kissed strangers, revealed themselves?