“Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar.” ThinkingMayFormEmotionBehaviorNegativeOptimismAddictionFamiliarPleasantDestructiveInvokeNegative ThinkingDestructive Behavior Author:Lauren Mackler
“One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.” CertainEnergyEmotionFeetSweetTreatsPatternsFamiliarDevicesIncapableRhymeNeatRhyming Author:Ezra Pound
“In truth, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” isn't about Sept. 11. It's about the impulse to drain that day of its specificity and turn it into yet another wellspring of generic emotions: sadness, loneliness, happiness. This is how kitsch works. It exploits familiar images, be they puppies or babies - or, as in the case of this movie, the twin towers - and tries to make us feel good, even virtuous, simply about feeling. And, yes, you may cry, but when tears are milked as they are here, the truer response should be rage.” FeelsShouldTryingMayFeelingsTurnsEmotionCasesSadnessLonelinessCryTearsBabyResponseRageFamiliarFeel GoodImpulseLoudWorking ItVirtuousTwinsTowersExploitsPuppyDrainsKitschGenericSpecificityWellspringSept 11Twin Towers Author:Manohla Dargis
“There's a paradox in rereading. You read the first time for rediscovery: an encounter with the confirming emotions. But you reread for discovery: you go to the known to figure out the workings of the unknown, the why of the familiar how.” FirstsEmotionKnownFiguresDiscoveryFirst TimeFamiliarEncountersParadoxRereadingRediscovery Author:Cynthia Ozick
“Even when other powers have been lost and people may not even be able to understand language, they will nearly always recognize and respond to familiar tunes. And not only that. The tunes may carry them back and may give them memory of scenes and emotions otherwise unavailable for them.” PeopleGivingMayHas BeensAbleLostLanguageMemoriesEmotionSceneFamiliarTunes Author:Oliver Sacks
“Expressing emotion is not so easy. He has to remind himself that English is not her first language. Expressing emotion can be difficult even when the words are familiar.” FirstsLanguageEasyDifficultEmotionFamiliarExpressing Emotions Author:Elise Valmorbida
“THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER is raw, honest and completely captivating. Kathleen Kent takes what would seem to be a familiar subject and gives it a fresh, new perspective-moving us through a wrenching gamut of emotions as she does so. A searing look at one of the worst periods in our history.” GivingLooksDoeSeemsMovingEmotionWorstSubjectsHonestPerspectivePeriodsDaughterFamiliarHereticCaptivatingNew PerspectiveKent Author:Anita Shreve