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“Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realise how widespread envy was.”

Book:Love Over Scotland

Work

Love Over Scotland

This book is a romantic tale that unfolds in the picturesque landscapes of Scotland, weaving a story of love and adventure. more

Author

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith, born on August 24, 1948, is a renowned Scottish writer known for his light-hearted and thoughtful writing style. His most famous works include the 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series, which has gained him a wide readership around the world. more

“Today we are living the grotesque spectacle of the poisoning of the earth by the nineteenth-century hero system of unrestrained material production. This is perhaps the greatest and most pervasive evil to have emerged in all of history, and it may even eventually defeat all of mankind. Still there are no "twisted" people whom we can hold responsible for this.”

Philosophy Psychology Freud Antropologia Scince Of Man

Book:Escape from Evil

Source: Escape from Evil

“Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey!”

Emotion He Feels He Has The Upper Hand My Favorite Line In Frankinstein

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“Your own guilt is your own fault.”

Emotion Self Improvement Guilt Fault Understanding Oneself And Others

Author:Katerina Stoykova-Klemer

“If words had cost money, Tom couldn't have used them more sparingly. The adjectives were purely descriptive, relating to form and colour, and were used to present the objects under consideration, not the young explorer's emotions. Yet through this austerity one felt the kindling imagination, the ardour and excitement of the boy, like the vibration in a voice when the speaker strives to conceal his emotion by using only the conventional phrases.”

Writing Emotion

Book:The Professor's House

Source: The Professor's House

“Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three: gift, recipient, and giver. – p. 56”

Spiritual Emotion Virtue Gratitude

Book:Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Disciplines and Virtues in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety

Source: Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Disciplines and Virtues in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety

“Sometimes the person you'd take a bullet for is the person behind the trigger.”

Romance Emotion Taylor Swift

Author:Taylor Swift

“These past two days, I’ve seen a fire in your eyes that I never have before. Granted, it’s mostly anger and frustration, but it’s still emotion.”

Emotion Breathing Reason To Breathe Rebecca Donovan Emma Thomas Sara Mckinley

Book:Reason to Breathe

Source: Reason to Breathe

“February 13, 1936 I ask of people more than they can give me. It is useless to maintain the contrary. But what a mistake and what despair. And myself perhaps... Seek contacts. All contacts. If I want to write about men, should I stop talking about the countryside? If the sky or light attract me, shall I forget the eyes or voices of those I love? Each time I am given the elements of a friendship, the fragments of an emotion, never the emotion or the friendship itself.”

Friendship Emotion Mistake Despair Useless Contacts

Book:Notebooks 1935-1942

Source: Notebooks 1935-1942

“A gentle, warm, sweet pain spreads through my chest at those words.”