U Quotes
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“unrequited love is like
kneeling on uncooked rice
and waiting for
the boiling water
of his kisses
to soften the pain
but he never comes.”
Source: The Chaos of Longing
“Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.”
“Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.”
Source: Practical magic
“Unrequited love is the only emotion that allows sane people to taste the “life sentence” of someone with bipolar disorder. The longer they hang onto a lost cause the more unstable they look to everyone else. They contradict their own belief systems and statements, by circling the drain with two competing emotions—love and hate.”
“UNREQUITED LOVE: Look, you see me, a lonely girl having a drink. What do you do?
LOST: Avoid eye contact at all costs?
UNREQUITED LOVE: Oh come on, don’t you ever randomly flirt and find yourself falling in love with attractive young women?
LOST: I’ve forgotten how.
UNREQUITED LOVE: How peculiar.
LOST: (Struggles, trying to find the right words.) No…I mean I did once, but I’ve forgotten most things about love I guess. It just comes with the territory of losing your heart.
UNREQUITED LOVE: Wait. (Beat.) You lost your heart?
LOST: Yeah um...I lost my heart about a year ago. Filed a police report and everything, but they haven’t had any luck finding it.
UNREQUITED LOVE: But without a heart, how can you-
LOST: Love? I can’t.
UNREQUITED LOVE: Can you remember what love feels like?
LOST: (Shrugs.) Vaguely, but for the most part I don’t remember much about it. Like when couples hold hands, I don’t understand why they do that.
UNREQUITED LOVE: Must make for some lonely nights.”
Source: Lost and Found: a stage play
“Unrequited love made right is the ultimate, isn’t it?”
Source: Let Me Be the One: The Sullivans: (Contemporary Romance)
“Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself, a private pain that is as bittersweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up the passivity of simply being hurt and take on the responsibility of perpetrating hurt oneself.”
Source: On Love: A Novel
“UNREQUITED LOVE: Some days my body feels empty and I feel like an idiot. To care for someone with every inch of your soul, and then find out they couldn’t care less about you... It’s like being slowly stabbed in the chest by someone who enjoys murdering the innocent.
LOST: But you always seem so happy.
UNREQUITED LOVE: There’s only so much you can’t feel.”
Source: Lost and Found: a stage play
“Unrequited love sucks. It should be against the law.”
She brightened.
“If it was, then I could have Rick arrest me. I’d love to be handcuffed to him.”
Source: Last Gasp
“Unrequited love: there's no such thing.
If it is unrequited it isn't love, it's expectation [that they should treat you in a certain way].
It's not allowing the relationship to be what it is.
It's not accepting the love in the form in which it actually comes in that relationship as being real enough, as being good enough.
That's the only thing that creates the idea of "unrequited" is you're not really paying attention to what it is, you're only paying attention to what you expect it to be.
[For the person experiencing unrequited love;] the real unrequited love is that they're not loving themselves as much as they could. That's what's unrequited, and they're simply getting a reflection of that.”
“Unrequited love's a bore.”
“Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, "what about it?" and I'd reply, "it's not your color." Pithy. Just to show him that I'd noticed. Or maybe I'd show myself to her and say, "Guess I'm not the only one who uses humans around here." And then I'd summon some of Owain's hounds to chew off the bottom bits of her legs. Then she wouldn't fit just right into his arms. She'd be too short. It'd be like hugging a midget. Nuala- pg. 75”
Source: Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie
“Unrequited love–plain desperate aboveboard boy-chasing–turned you into a salesperson, and what you were selling was something he didn't want, couldn't use, would never miss. Unrequited love was deciding to be useless, and I could never abide uselessness.”
“unrequitted love amuses me”
“Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.”
“Unresolved emotional pain is the great contagion of our time — of all time.”
“Unresolved grief inside a person is tragic; unresolved grief inside a nation is catastrophic.”
Source: See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
“Unresolved issues can escalate quickly, jeopardizing the workplace equilibrium, setting into motion a hostile and volatile workplace environment.”
Source: Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace, Finding Solutions that Work
“Unresolved issues from childhood revisit us in adulthood.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Unresolved mental problems get stuck in our bodies and try to talk to us through pain if the subtler ways have failed to reach us.”
Source: Dance: A Spiritual Affair
“Unresolved trauma can take a significant toll on your physical health. Unresolved childhood trauma is particularly insidious, with effects that are both gradual and cumulative.”
Source: The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole
“Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.”
Source: Early and miscellaneous letters
“Unrest is the mark of existence.”
Source: Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer
“Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.”
“Unrest urges us into action, make sure its in the right direction!”
“Unrestrained automobility, hedonism, individualism, and conspicuous consumption cannot be sustained because they take more than they give back. A spiritually impoverished world cannot be sustained because meaninglessness, anomie, and despair will corrode the desire to be sustained and the belief that humanity is worth sustaining. But these are the very things that distinguish the modern age from its predecessors, Genuine sustainability, in other words, will come not from superficial changes but from a deeper process akin to humankind growing up to a fuller stature.”
“Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers.”
Source: The Rough Riders: An Autobiography
“Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.”
“Unrestrained urge is promiscuity while passion refined is romanticism.”
Source: Benign Flame: Saga of Love
“Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Unrestricted laissez faire capitalism allocates resources in a most efficient way to satisfy human wants without regard to the rationality or morality of those desires.”
“Unrestricted nationalism is, in the long run, incompatible with world peace.”
“Unreturned love :
It is a bittersweet symphony, echoing the unspoken words and silent longing that often remain buried in the depths of the heart.”
“Unrighteous wealth, earned through deceit and exploitation, is a curse that affects not only the individual but also their loved ones and community. Easy money, earned without integrity, is never a blessing and will ultimately lead to financial loss, emotional turmoil, and spiritual emptiness. Let's strive to earn our wealth through hard work, honesty, and integrity, and remember that true wealth comes from a life of purpose, meaning, and service to others.”
“Unrivalled not only in its class, but in a class by itself.”
“Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.”
Source: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections
“Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?”
“Unsaintly saints are the tragedy of Christianity.”
“Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on the impossibility of ever getting a state of complete and permanent satisfaction with what you have, and you become a pessimist. Dwell on the opportunity for endless growth and conquest which this same fact makes possible, and you become an optimist.”
“Unsatisfied parents produce professionally successful but personally discontent children.”
“Unsaturated fat is an outrage.”
“Unsaved individuals often justify their sinful lifestyles and actions in their own eyes. They may use various excuses, rationalizations, or even biblical distortions to convince themselves that their behavior is acceptable. However, this self-justification is a form of deception, as it ignores the clear teachings of Scripture and the convicting work of the Holy Spirit.”
“Unschoolers emerge from their unconventional educational journey with a profound understanding of the real world. They have a diverse range of experiences, engaging with individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. Their interactions teach them empathy, tolerance, and the ability to thrive amidst diversity.”
Source: The Smartest Kids: Don't Go to School
“Unschooling challenges the established paradigms of education and presents an alternative that honors and nurtures the unique strengths and interests of each individual. By recognizing the harmony concealed within the kaleidoscope of unschooling, we unlock its transformative potential and grant individuals the power to shape their educational journeys with intention and purpose.”
Source: The Smartest Kids: Don't Go to School
“Unschooling is creating an environment in which children can learn easily and naturally all the time.”
“Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.”
Source: Quiddities: an intermittently philosophical dictionary
“Unscrew the locks from the doors ! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs !”
Source: Leaves of Grass: Top Classic Poetry
“Unscrupulous agitators have been at work spreading atrocity stories which can only be compared with those lies that were fabricated by the same instigators at the beginning of the Great War.”
“Unscrupulous political movers, dishonest politicians, and Machiavellian manipulators are among the endless toxic snakes of any society.
~ Angelica Hopes, an excerpt from Calunniatopia
Book 1, Stronzata Trilogy”
“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”