“I think of fear as a survival function, and in the stories that I write, the only thing that I've tried to do is provide people with nightmares which are really safe places to put those fears for a while because you can say afterwards that uh, that, that well it was all just make-believe anyway, so I just took my emotions for a walk.” PeopleThinkingWritingBelieveWellsStoriesWalksEmotionSafeSurvivalFunctionNightmareMake BelieveSafe Places Author:Stephen King
“Everything that's happening in our world is a function of what is going on inside of people. We are violent in our minds. We are violent with one another. We walk past one another in the street and don't even look nor make eye contact - don't speak. We can be outraged about the missiles and the planes. I'm more outraged that somebody will walk past me in the street and not look me in the face and say good morning.” PeopleWorldMindLooksEyePastFacesSpeakWalksMorningStreetsHappeningsFunctionViolentContactPlanesOur WorldMissilesOutragedEye Contact Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“You love the person for who they are, flaws and all. You can't help who you love, either. It comes from a different side of your brain than the logic part that tells you that this person is horrible for you - "You should walk away!" While you're walking away, the other part of your brain is trying to gain control of your bodily functions. "Turn around! She's the one!"” ShouldTryingPersonsDifferentHelpingTurnsSidesWalksBrainWalkingGainsLogicFunctionHorribleFlawsWalking AwayDifferent SidesBodily Functions Author:Jim Carrey
“Sociopaths are more complicated psychopaths; the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is a sociopath is incredibly charming. There are a lot of sociopaths that are CEOs. They don't necessarily kill people but they're able to walk into a big social function and make everybody think they're the kindest, coolest, smartest, most interesting person in the room.” PeopleThinkingPersonsBigsAbleSocialDifferencesWalksInterestingRoomsFunctionComplicatedCharmingCeoMost InterestingPsychopathSociopath Author:Patrick Heusinger
“I'm walking this walk and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?” WorldWalksPlansWalkingPerceptionFunctionPerception Of The World Author:Stephen Baldwin
“Last night I encountered a dream cat with a very long neck and a body like a human fetus, gray and transluscent. I don't know what it needs or how to provide for it. Another dream years ago of a human child with eyes on stalks. It is very small, but can walk and talk "Don't you want me?" Again, I don't know how to care for the child. But I am dedicated to protecting and nurturing him at any cost! It is the function of the Guardian to protect hybrids and mutants in the vulnerable stage of infancy.” KnowsWantNeedsYearsHumansChildrenLongDreamBodyEyeCareLastsNightWalksKnow HowStageCostProtectYears AgoCatFunctionVulnerableNecksGrayDedicatedWant MeLast NightGuardianNurturingStalkingInfancyYou Want MeHybridFetusMutants Author:William S. Burroughs
“I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that consists of Chicken Catastrophe and Eggs Overwhelming and a tall, cool Janitor-in-a-Drum. I like to walk out of a restaurant with enough gas to open a Mobil station.” WellsEnoughWalksFansIdentityPersonalityConflictFunctionCrisisOilDietsRestaurantsGasEggsStationsChickensTallOverwhelmingCatastropheBurgersIdentity CrisisJanitorOmeletsPatchouli Author:Tom Waits
“How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves and the people we love. Yet we walk around, talk to people, eat and drink. We manage to function. The feelings are deep and real. Shouldn't they paralyze us? How is it we can survive them, at least for a little while? We drive a car, we teach a class. How is it no one sees how deeply afraid we were, last night, this morning? Is it something we all hide from each other, by mutual consent? Or do we share the same secret without knowing it? Wear the same disguise?” PeopleLittlesRealFeelingsLastsNightWalksSecretClassTeachMorningKnowingShareCarStrangeTerribleDrinkFunctionChaosManageMutualDisguiseConsentLast NightLingering Book:White Noise: Text and Criticism Source: White Noise: Text and Criticism
“We build a shell around it, like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers in order to cope. This is how we walk and talk and function , day in, day out. Immune to others’ pain and loss.” PainOrderLossWalksFunctionPainfulLayersShellsSmoothPearlsParticlesImmuneGritOystersAmerican GodsPain And Loss Author:Neil Gaiman
“The surgeons are playing on the myth's double standard for the function of the body. A man's thigh is for walking, but a woman's is for walking and looking "beautiful." If women can walk but believe our limbs look wrong, we feel that our bodies cannot do what they are meant to do; we feel as genuinely deformed and disabled as the unwilling Victorian hypochondriac felt ill.” IfsMenFeelsBelieveLooksBodyBeautifulFeltWalksWalkingStandardsFunctionIllMythLimbsDisabledUnwillingSurgeonsThighsVictorianDouble StandardFashion IndustryHypochondriacLooking Beautiful Author:Naomi Wolf
“There are stories that are true, in which each individual's tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have heard it before, and we cannot allow ourselves to feel it to deeply. We build a shell around it like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers in order to cope. This is how we walk and talk and function, day in, day out, immune to others' pain and loss. If it were to touch us it would cripple us or make saints of us; but, for the most part, it does not touch us. We cannot allow it to.” IfsFeelsDoeStoriesPainOrderIndividualLossWalksHeardWorstUniqueFunctionTragedySaintPainfulTalesTragicLayersShellsSmoothPearlsParticlesImmuneGritOystersCripplesAmerican GodsPain And Loss Author:Neil Gaiman
“People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we feel and act, and on our health and intelligence. These places have an impact on our sense of self, our sense of safety, the kind of work we get done, the ways we interact with other people, even our ability to function as citizens in a democracy. In short, the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become.” PeopleWayNeedsFeelsKindSelfDoneNaturalAbilityWalksDemocracyJourneyEffectsCitizensWalkingBenefitsBuiltFunctionSafetyImpactWanderOur TimeHikingContinuingSurroundingsTrekkingSense Of SelfStrollingSauntering Author:Tony Hiss