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“only towards one man can I feel that wrenching whirlwind emotion, soaring to heaven, flung down to hell, both at once.”

Book:Sister of My Heart

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Sister of My Heart

This novel explores the complex relationship between two sisters, delving into their shared experiences and individual struggles. more

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-American author renowned for her rich body of work. Her writings primarily focus on themes of women, immigration, and multiculturalism, encompassing novels, poetry, and essays. more

“We fear that if we go into our deeper emotions, we will be consumed by them. We fear that if we close our bedroom door and face the emotion, we will be consumed by the monstrous darkness of our inner being. We think our fears will turn us into a neurotic mess of blubber, our anger will turn us into raving lunatics, and our sadness will be so overwhelming that we will never function in the world again. It is not so. One only has to practice this a few times to know that, far from destroying us, going into our inner thoughts deeply works them through to their conclusion, or at least to some degree.”

Soul Fear Emotion Healing Sadness Balance Emotions Anger Healing Quotes

Book:The Love of Devotion

Source: The Love of Devotion

“He could not forget. Nor should he. But today, today I could try to take away—no, alleviate—some of the pain. For just a moment. Sometimes, sometimes a moment was enough.”

Life Pain Suffering Hope Grief Emotion Healing

Book:Peter

Source: Peter

“To feel the fiercest way possible...where you go through the strongest and finest of feelings....the robust and the delicate emotions of all....is to be able to experience life in all its colors....for there is no such thing... as a dull ache...it is an ache either of agony or of ecstasy ...in the most powerful way possible....”

Life Inspirational Pain Joy Emotion Healing Feeling

Author:Jayita Bhattacharjee

“To feel the fiercest way possible...where you go through the strongest and finest of feelings....the robust and the delicate emotions of all....is to be able to experience life in all its shades....for there is no such thing... as a dull ache...it is an ache either of agony or of ecstasy ...in the most powerful way possible.....”

Life Inspirational Dream Emotion Healing Ecstasy Agony

Author:Jayita Bhattacharjee

“The Chemistry of Mind: Emotion reacts, anger boils, logic cools, idea freezes, sympathy dissolves, apathy precipitates, love binds, hate dissociates, faith crystallizes, memory evaporates.”

Thinking Life Inspirational Mind Social Emotion Living Thoughts Chemistry

Book:Scientific Computing in Python

Source: Scientific Computing in Python

“Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness, and erroneously considers it as a state of higher knowledge.”

Philosophy Science Physics Relativity Epistemology

Book:Who was Right: Ptolemy or Copernicus?

Source: Who was Right: Ptolemy or Copernicus?

“We physicalize mood, emotional well-being and even personality. Confident people stand with confidence.”

Emotion Physical Behaviour

Book:The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

Source: The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

“I soon realised I was making a fool of myself...things like that happen when you are in love with the wrong person. Worse things. things you never forgive yourself for... ...I'll blame myself for as long as I live. It's you I love and always will.”

Love Truth Emotion Regret

Book:I Capture The Castle

Source: I Capture The Castle

“Sport can teach us how to set and achieve goals, solve problems, cope with stress, manage our emotions, refocus after mistakes, and build self-confidence.”

Goal Emotion Mistake Confidence Stress Sport

Book:Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything

Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything

“But there are times when the sharpest suffering is not to suffer and the worse affliction not to be afflicted.”

Suffering Emotion Flannery O Connor

Author:Flannery O'Connor

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