“In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened. We are continually called upon to have feelings - about genocide, for instance, or about famine or the blowing up of passenger planes - and we are all aware that we are incapable of reacting appropriately. A guilty consciousness of emotional inadequacy or impotence makes people doubt their own human weight.” PeopleHumansFeelingsAgeEmotionConsciousnessDoubtEmotionalWeightGuiltyInstancePlanesGenocideIncapableFaminePassengersReactingImpotenceInadequacyBlowing Up Book:It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future Source: It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future
“You get a feeling on certain trails, when you're reacting like you and your machine are just one thing. It's the feeling of physical exertion and speed and technique all wrapped into one.” FeelingsCertainOne ThingLike YouMachinesSpeedTechniqueJust OneTrailsReactingExertion Author:Ned Overend
“It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many writers for children say they do not write specifically with a child audience in mind ... This isn't true for me. I am very aware of my audience. Sometimes I can almost see them out there reacting as I write. Sometimes I think, 'Oh, you're going to like this part.” ThinkingKnowsWritingMindChildrenI CanSometimesFeelingsReadingWatchesAudienceWonderfulAdventureMarvelousReactingChores Author:Zilpha Keatley Snyder