Quotes about Emotions

A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness.

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…

I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

I'm glad I never had any children,' said Cousin Sarah. 'If they don't break your heart in one way they do it in another.' 'Isn't it better to have your heart broken than to have it wither up?' queried Valancy. 'Before it could be broken it must have felt something splendid. That would be worth the pain.

Note: — One can do a great deal with appropriate smiles. I must study the subject carefully. The friendly smile — the scornful smile — the detached smile — the entreating smile — the common or garden grin.

Night is beautiful when you are happy—comforting when you are in grief—terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.

Marilla felt this and was vaguely troubled over it, realizing that the ups and downs of existence woudl probably bear hardly on this impulsive soul and not sufficiently understanding that the equally great capacity for delight might more than compensate.

It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them

what perverted shapes thwarted love can take.