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    Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.

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Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

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The heart is half a prophet.

The heart is half a prophet.

by Yiddish Proverb Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

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Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

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I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

by James A. Michener Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

by Mark Twain Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the read more

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.

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