#motions

You said to me once that you weren’t what I dreamed of. You were right. You surpass everything I dreamed of. Even the rot in you that’s caused you to do shameful things. Some men let the rot and guilt fester into something ugly beyond words. Few men can turn it into worth and substance. If you’re gods’ blessed for no other reason, it’s for that. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#froi #lirah #my-emotions #sniffle #sob-sob

George was full of hatred. Of his own weakness and stupidity, of his magic, of the stubbornness and the pride of Beatrice and Marit, and, last of all, hatred of Dr. Gharn, who had started it all. But the hatred swayed to pity. Then to hopelessness. Then back to anger. Every once in a great while, he felt a moment of peace, usually when he caught a glimpse of Beatrice and Marit together. He loved them both in different ways. But that could not be. He turned away, and the cycle began again. ↗

— Mette Ivie Harrison

#conflicting-emotions #despair #emotional-upheaval #hate #love

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#feelings #reality #imagination

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#conscious #conscious mind #control #emotions #fueled

Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#been #characters #emotions #express #frenetic

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#because #comfortable #course #difficult #easiest

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#brain #creation #emotions #everything #felt

We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat. ↗

— Anthony Head

#emotions #expressing #musicals #real #real treat

Words are impotent to describe certain emotions. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#describe #emotions #words

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#directs #money #motions #puppets #string