#emotional

Let me tell you something. A man ain’t a goddamn ax. Chopping, hacking, busting every goddamn minute of the day. Things get to him. Things he can’t chop down because they’re inside. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#emotional-plague #men #men

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? ↗

— Michael Morpurgo

#war-horse #men

Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers. ↗

— James Kelman

#crises #emotional #english-literature #fortune #money

He was in hell. Worse than that, he was in hell, and someone had set it on repeat. ↗

— Dennis Sharpe

#hell #karma #time #karma

Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction. ↗

— Christian Baloga

#bipolar #character #christian-baloga #crazy #emotional

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately. ↗

— Scott Adams

#attraction #emotional #financial #i #immediately

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#catalyst #choosing #direction #effectively #emotional

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#endless #financially #how #hurt #new

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#about #children #choice #emotionally #fight

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#duty #emotional #music #rather #regulated