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Quotes About Emotion

His body was as insensitive to pain as was his mind to subtleties.
~ John Steinbeck
His attention seemed tied to her face by a taut string.
~ John Steinbeck
Al bent over her. And he saw the bright evening star reflected in her eyes, and he saw the black cloud reflected in her eyes.
~ John Steinbeck
They reminded him of something—what was it?—some memory, some picture. He strove to find it and then it came of itself. It rose out of the years complete with all its colours and its cries, its crowded feelings.
~ John Steinbeck
Some of the owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, and some of them were angry because they hated to be cruel, and some of them were cold because they had long ago found that one could not be an owner unless one were cold.
~ John Steinbeck
Do you know, I loved you better than anything in the world? I did. It was so strong that it took quite a killing.
~ John Steinbeck
The emotion of nonviolence was building in him until it became a prejudice like any other thought-stultifying prejudice. To inflict any hurt on anything for any purpose became inimical to him. He became obsessed with this emotion, for such it surely was, until it blotted out any possible thinking in its area. But never was there any hint of cowardice in Adam's army record. Indeed he was commended three times and then decorated for bravery.
~ John Steinbeck
Oare noi actionam ca urmare a gandirii, sau simtirea este aceea care stimuleaza actiunea, si numai uneori gandirea devine motorul actiunii?
~ John Steinbeck
And the anger began to ferment.
~ John Steinbeck
A] loving woman is almost indestructible.
~ John Steinbeck
Her dark eyes made little reflected stars. She was looking at him as she was always looking
~ John Steinbeck
Ma put down her head and she fought with a desire to cry.
~ John Steinbeck
A man's mind vagued up a little, for how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them.
~ John Steinbeck
line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
~ John Steinbeck
A frightened sorrow has closed down over my heart.
~ John Steinbeck
Maybe—maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure—never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself?
~ John Steinbeck
Mordeen, he said, I love the child. His voice swelled and he spoke loudly. Mordeen, I love our child. And he raised his head and cried in triumph, Mordeen, I love my son.
~ John Steinbeck
Il vino aggiunge maiuscole e asterischi a un buon racconto... a una storia vera.
~ John Steinbeck
She loved him. She really did. And he knew it. and you can't leave a thing like that.
~ John Steinbeck
Hayatlar?m?z bizden ayr?l?nca nas?l yaÅŸayabiliriz? GeçmiÅŸimiz olmadan kendimizi nas?l tan?yaca??z? Hay?r, hay?r. B?rak kals?n. Yak gitsin.
~ John Steinbeck
A frightened sorrow has closed down over my heart. I wish I were a child so I could cry. I'm too old to be afraid like this. And I've not felt such despair since a bird died in my hand by a flowing water long ago
~ John Steinbeck
She's about as wide open as a fist.
~ John Steinbeck
Woman can change better'n man,'' ''Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.
~ Unknown
Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties.
~ John Stuart Mill