“Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksChildrenImportantHomeMotherAsksParentEmotionalDependsPicksFulfilledStay At HomeEmotional LifePlath Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it.” PeopleFeelsHumansCitiesMinesDependsLondonMuseAmbivalence Author:Will Self
“A FRIEND IS A PERSON . . . With whom you can be sincere. . . . To whom you never need to defend yourself. . . . On whom you can depend whether present or absent. . . . With whom you never need pretend. . . . To whom you can reveal yourself without fear of betrayal. . . . Who does not feel she owns you because you are her friend. . . . Who will not selfishly use you because she has your confidence. I WOULD HAVE SUCH A FRIEND. . . AND I WOULD BE SUCH A FRIEND. I DO HAVE SUCH A FRIEND!” NeedsFeelsPersonsDoeUseWould BeDependsBetrayalSincereAbsent Author:Alfred Armand Montapert
“When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people's affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansImportantHelpingYoungCan DoStageDependsAffection Author:Dalai Lama
“I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on one's own attitude. It is illogical to expect smiles from others if one does not smile oneself. Therefore, one can see that many things depend on one's own behaviour.” IfsFeelsDoeImportantAttitudeDependsOneselfGenuineBehaviourDay To DayAffectionateIllogicalDay LifeDay To Day Life Book:The Power of Compassion: A Collection of Lectures Source: The Power of Compassion: A Collection of Lectures
“No-one who has a real understanding of the art of painting attaches any importance to what we call the subject of a picture - what is represented. To one who feels the language of pictorial form, all depends on how it is presented, nothing on what.” FeelsArtRealFormLanguageUnderstandingSubjectsPaintingDependsImportancePictorial Book:A Roger Fry Reader Source: A Roger Fry Reader
“I'm having a bad day. I am not size six. My legs are not skinny as sticks, and dammit, someone's got to pay. I'm afraid that I can't satisfy myself and that my happiness depends on someone else. I feel weak, so you're gonna take the fall. You're so shallow.” FeelsI CanFeelingsFallPayDependsSadSixWeakSticksSizeLegsShallowSkinnyBad DayGlitterHaving A Bad Day Author:Jewel
“Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It's actually something deeper than mere happiness: it's joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as 'that kind of happiness that doesn't depend on what happens.” FeelsKindBookHappensMotivationalJoyPiecesDependsConversationMereDeeperFeel BetterMonkCalmerMake Me Feel Better Author:Pico Iyer
“The more money a woman has, the more educated she is, and the more educated she is, the more she knows about how to prevent pregnancy, and also has more reproductive control - she feels a greater ability to say no to a man when she doesn't have to depend on him for money.” KnowsMenFeelsAbilityGreaterDependsEducatedPregnancyMore Money Author:Natalie Portman
“I try to give everyone options because no matter what you think you're going to wear, what you actually put on depends totally on how you feel.” ThinkingGivingFeelsTryingMatterDependsNo Matter WhatHow You Feel Author:Kate Hudson