Quotes About Numbing Emotions

#1. Girls are genius at getting through sexual abuse. Often the only way to get through is not to feel. And that is exactly what these fantasy worlds allow: They give girls a place to go so they don't have to be present in their violated bodies. Brilliant.

Patti Feuereisen

#2. Is the human race a universal constructor?

David Deutsch

#3. Everything you do, do with love.

Debasish Mridha

#4. 25 "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,

Anonymous

#5. Yet there are some critics in the nonfiction world who still look at some of today's stranger interpretations of the essay and say "You don't belong here. That's not how we do things." I think that's problematic.

John D'Agata

#6. I think Harry Potter's very important. Every opportunity I will get for the rest of my life, I would not have got if it wasn't for Harry Potter. And it would be height of ingratitude if I was ever anything but proud to be associated with these films.

Daniel Radcliffe

#7. He looked to me, his eyes softening. This is my Hanna.

Christina Lauren

#8. You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.

Faith Popcorn

#9. The more one moves toward change, the more desperate one becomes and despair increases. The natural reaction is to hide as far away from pain as possible and as much as possible, numbing the associated emotions.

David W. Earle

#10. Actually," he said, "you're not far off. Uncle Leo brought some toys for all you good little demigods.

Rick Riordan

#11. For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

Rafael Nadal

#12. Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance.

David Thewlis

#13. I will live to see tomorrow's sunset. Make no mistake. I swear. I will live to see as many sunsets as it takes. And I will kill you. With my bare hands.

Renee Ahdieh

#14. Consider well the proportion of things: it is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise.

Mark Twain

#15. These troubles and distresses that you go through in these waters are no sign that God has forsaken you. They are sent to call to your mind that which you have received of His goodness, that you may trust Him in your distress.

James Thomas

#16. Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad, what more do you need?

Jennifer Garner