#emotions

We cannot let go of the past enough to live in the present unless we are able to grieve our losses. We must deeply feel our emotional pain in order to accept that what is happening is not what we wanted. pg 155 ↗

— John Kuypers

#happiness #inspirational-quotes #present-moment #self-improvement #inspirational

The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to define our experience and those words bring attendant emotions that jerk us around like dogs on a leash. We get seduced by our own mantras (I'm a failure... I'm lonely... I'm a failure... I'm lonely...) and we become monuments to them. To stop talking for a while, then, is to attempt to strip away the power of words, to stop choking ourselves with words, to liberate ourselves from our suffocating mantras. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#thoughts #words #experience

Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could ever trust. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#life #love #trust #life

For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them … ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

#feelings #life #living #talk #life

...our memory is enhanced by the emotion attending the event. The more intense the feelings the more accessible to the memory is the event. Few of us live lives so emotionally charged that we can truly, accurately retrieve all of it. ...Often only our crisis events are preserved with strong emotions. For our own survival we can't forget them, and then we too easily forget the good stuff. ↗

— Robert Dykstra

#life #life

Getting all emotionally wrapped up in made-up people's lives gives me a chance to take a break from my own life [...]. ↗

— Arlaina Tibensky

#books #characters #emotions #reading #life

Do not apologise for crying. without this emotion, we are only robots ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

What she really craved was a connection. That feeling you got when you knew you were supposed to be with someone. ↗

— J. Sterling

#love #dreams

Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together. ↗

— Sergei Lukyanenko

#emotions #love #time #love

Our senses and emotions are the great source of inspiration for creating compelling and interesting art pieces (books included). Each art piece, be it a book, a song, a painting, a photograph or a product should touch our senses and evoke emotions. Emotionless art lacks purpose and interest. ↗

— Serafima

#books #emotions #inspiration #purpose #art