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“Divine pity. Human pity was not enough. A bleeding heart could only bleed and bleed. It seemed to her then that the nature of Caledonia was a pitless nature and her own was no better.”

Book:O Caledonia

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O Caledonia

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“And it’s not just that you’re afraid of your bad feelings,” she says. “You’re afraid of good ones too. Because what if things go wrong? Instead of just enjoying, you worry. You just worry. You can’t keep an open mind and see what happens, and enjoy it as it goes, because you are just trying to manage all your emotions, good or bad.”

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Book:More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction

Source: More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction

“Astrid had once told her that tears were a sign of feeling an emotion to its fullest potential. To cry was a gift from the world. In moments like these, Genovefa wished the world wasn’t quite so generous with her.”

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Book:The Word of a Kinslayer

Source: The Word of a Kinslayer

“Think of a carbonated beverage that gets shaken up. If you unscrew the lid, it spews all over the place. But then the bubbles die down. Same thing with natural emotions—they’ll soon die down if you let them out. Emotions are temporary. They don’t keep gushing forever.”

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Book:Low Water

Source: Low Water

“Anna needs the power of controlling the vehicle. Difficult emotions are better digested above sixty miles an hour on a curvy country road. Starr needs her darling daughter to slow the eff down so she can die of cancer rather than by putting the truck through a tree.”

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Book:Tell Me Something Good

Source: Tell Me Something Good

“Emotions are to be felt. Once felt they lose their ability to cause harm.”

Emotions

Author:Omar Delawar

“Grief leaves nobody untouched, tearing apart everybody. Some drown forever, and some swim through it, and those who do come out unconquerable.”

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Author:Jayita Bhattacharjee

“For my part I have no joy in tears after dinnertime. There will always be a new dawn tomorrow. Yet I can have no objection to tears for any mortal who dies and goes to his destiny. And this is the only consolation we wretched mortals can give, to cut our hair and let the tears roll down our faces.”

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Book:The odyssey

Source: The odyssey

“You know that feeling? It’s hard to explain. It’s kind of like sadness, but also happiness and regret but also hope... all at once. I call it “a tug to the left.”

Feelings Emotions

Book:Happy Iceland: How Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness

Source: Happy Iceland: How Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness

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