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“Again he was transfixed by her appearance in the firelight, drowned in emotions he had never felt before, as if he was a bonfire himself and the only purpose of his existence was to give her warmth.”

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Book:The Dark Forest

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“Art comes with a splash of colors ...as you get torn between depression and elation...agony and ecstasy ...and with the surging and slowing of tides.. there arises the gentle and fierce brush strokes....ultimately creating a mix of emotions on the cloth and there comes the colors on a blank ...an art....so virgin, raw and pure....”

Inspirational Art Emotion Healing Ecstasy Agony Canvas Brush Cloth

Author:Jayita Bhattacharjee

“...religion is not philosophy. Philosophy is largely confined to ivory-tower seminar rooms, but religion can be found in nearly every living room -or just about anywhere else you might care to look. Religion is not just (or even primarily) an intellectual pursuit; it is emotional.”

God Feelings Religion Emotion Evolution Morality Cognition

Book:Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved

Source: Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved

“If religion represents a supernaturalizing of social life, then we would expect that the gods we envision would reflect the social worlds we inhabit.”

God Feelings Religion Emotion Society Evolution Morality Cognition

Book:Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved

Source: Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved

“We also know, of course, that human beings are not perfectly rational calculators. Our behavior and decisions are based on a mixture of calculation, emotions, and internalized norms, with calculation often a minor component of the cocktail.”

Mind Emotion Theory Logic Rational Homo Sapiens

Book:Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth

Source: Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth

“One exercise that can help you address this trap involves making a list of all the ways, including emotional ones, in which you feel dependent on your partner, then making another list of big or small steps you might take to begin to become more independent. These lists can guide you in focusing your energy in the directions you need to go.”

Energy Emotion Focus Independent Dependent Direction Trap

Book:Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Source: Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

“You’re a survivor of emotional abuse—and you can escape this trap. Just remain calm, patient, and always kind to yourself. Someday you will be able to talk about this experience eloquently and believably.”

Kind Emotion Experience Abuse Patient Calm Escape Eloquent Trap Believably

Book:Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People

Source: Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People

“The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula of that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.”

Emotion Objective Correlative

Author:T.S. Eliot

“One must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. I'm alive and it's not my fault, which means I must somehow go on living the best I can, without bothering anybody, until I die.' 'But what makes you live? With such thoughts, you'll sit without moving, without undertaking anything...' 'Life won't leave one alone as it is.”

Life Philosophy Purpose Meaning

Book:War and Peace

Source: War and Peace

“Most of the time we approach life with an armored front for two reasons: 1) We're not comfortable with emotions and equate vulnerability with weakness, and/or 2) Our experiences of trauma have taught us that vulnerability is actually dangerous. Violence and oppression have made our soft front a liability, and we struggle to find a place emotionally and physically safe enough to be vulnerable.”

Emotion Violence Weakness Trauma Oppression Vulnerability

Book:Braving the Wilderness

Source: Braving the Wilderness

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