But struggling with these better feelings was pride,--the vice of the lowest and most debased creatures no less than of the high and self-assured. The miserable companion of thieves and ruffians, the fallen outcast of low haunts, the associate of the scourings of the jails and hulks, living within the shadow of the gallows itself,--even this degraded being felt too proud to betray a feeble gleam of the womanly feeling which she thought a weakness, but which alone conneced her with that humanity, of which her wasting life had obliterated so many, many traces when a very child.
Charles DickensTags: women pride feelings-of-weakness
If i could have sung it would be a very sad song.
Karen FoxleeTags: feelings-of-weakness
Please don't give me words; give me a hug. Don't tell me that I'm holding up so well; break down with me and admit our shared wretchedness. Don't feign some bright mountaintop; walk with me through the dark valley where neither of us can utter a word.
Robert DykstraTags: emotions feelings feelings-of-weakness
What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave.
Criss JamiTags: lies denial guilt manipulation feelings grave gossip slander deceit enemy apologies libel feelings-of-weakness massive defamation overwhelming misdeed
Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.
Matthew QuickTags: life happiness sadness literature endurance movie feelings-of-weakness
For he or she that harbours no fear has never truly loved anything. You can only measure true love by the thought and fear of its loss.
Chris JirikaTags: fear-of-unknown feelings-of-weakness motivational-inspirational
I am sitting here at thirty-six feeling like I am responsible for the holocaust for all that is toxic and wrong. Maybe it’s because I eat meat, and I stepped on three ants last Tuesday.
Amber GaribayTags: meat wrong holocaust karma tuesday toxic feelings-of-weakness responsible guilt-quote
Understanding did not provide solace or make the pain go away; in many ways, understanding was just more salt in the emotional wound. Ignorance allowed one to fight back with unfettered cruelty. Understanding inspired empathy, which led to guilt, as well as suffering.
She looked at Gavin, supine, unconcerned, contented, and thought that perhaps there was something to being a sociopath. If you didn't have a heart, it couldn't be broken.
Tags: empathy understanding emotion sympathy feelings heartbreak feelings-of-weakness
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