Quotes about Emotions

I stand in the dark, start to unbutton. Then I hear something inside my body. I've broken, something has cracked, that must be it. Noise is coming up, coming out, of the broken place, in my face. Without warning: I wasn't thinking about here or there or anywhere. If I let the noise get out into the air it will be laughter, too loud, too much of it, someone is bound to hear.

He loved her so much when he made her unhappy, or else when she made him unhappy: at these moments he scarcely knew which was which.

What would that be like - to long, to yearn for someone who is right there before your eyes, day in and day out?

You can fall in love with anybody — a fool, a criminal, a nothing. There are no good rules.

Free love," Aunt Beatrice said scornfully. "It's never free. There's always a price.

I never met a bitter person who was thankful. Or a thankful person who was bitter.

There's a big difference between feeling thankful and giving thanks. One response involves emotions, the other, your will. Trusting God has nothing to do with trustful feelings.

Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.

When someone we love is having difficulty and is giving us a bad time, it's better to explore the cause than to criticize the action.

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.