Quotes about Emotions

I'd rather see your honest pain than a brave front.

It's not easy for me either, but if we allow anger to reside in us, we're more guilty than they are because we know the better way.

The child chattered like a little magpie, and Angel nodded and listened. Glancing up, Angel encountered Michael's gaze. He wants children, she thought, and the thought hit her solid in the pit of her stomach. What if he knew she couldn't have them? Would his love for her die then? She couldn't hold his gaze.

Resentment and anger eat away at love as quickly as rust is corroding that metal lawn chair out there in the backyard. One of life's great tragedies is watching a relationship unravel over something that could've been resolved in one intelligent, adult conversation.

Michael straightened. "I still married her, and I'd marry her again if I had it to do over." A simple statement, calmly and quietly delivered, but his eyes were burning with wrath.

Silence did not always mean indifference.

Cleo touched Sarah's head. "Cross your arms on the table and sleep awhile." Sarah did as she was told, wishing they could leave. Cleo obviously wasn't ready to leave. She seemed to be having a good time, and she kept staring at Merrick and smiling in a way Sarah had never seen her smile before.

Falling in love meant you lost control of your emotions and your will and your life. It meant you lost yourself.

Right now love doesn't have an awful lot to do with feelings

Books can be bought. A house can be rebuilt, darlin. You can't be replaced.

What do you feel now that I'm soft clay in your hands, Michael?" "Joy," he said. "Pure joy.

She glared at Mama through her tears, wondering why she couldn't be thankful instead of resentful. Hildie knew what it was like to try to please Mama, never measuring up to expectations. For once, she didn't care. "Why do you have to be so mean to him?