I'm something that I used to be. I'm never where I feel I am, and if I seek myself, I don't know… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I am nothing. I’m like someone who’s been thrown into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach out, but no… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Nobody believes the identities we've made for ourselves. I feel like everybody in the world is fake now - as though people… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my… — Ed Westwick Copy Share Image
I am feeling fine. I remember these words and recite them. These are the things you say when asked how you are.… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to control outcomes or results, although most of us have been programmed from a very young age to believe… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
He is not simply looking into the mirror because he is transfixed by what he sees. Rather, the artist’s success depends as… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Virtue is the panacea for both body and mind. The virtuous person can be both healthy and happy. How is virtue to… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
One can't write a weird story of real power without perfect psychological detachment from the human scene, and a magic prism of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Recollection of death also serves as a useful preparation for the time when one actually has to face death. As the concluding… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
I don't really identify with America, I don't really feel like an American or part of the American experience, and I don't… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
And so I am feeling numb. It's a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Especially with iPhones, iPads and apps, there's just so much detachment that you're just flicking your fingers on a smooth surface to… — Tristan Perich Copy Share Image
You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“When you separate yourself from your thoughts and simply notice them with detachment, you remove some of the power they have over… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
Is that bad? Detachment in the sense that I can't be going to every party, showing my face, talking to the press… — Priyanshu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
As from a star I saw, coldly and soberly, the separateness of everything. I felt the wall of my skin; I am… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
One line typed twenty years ago can be blazed on a wall in spraypaint to glorify art as detachment or torture of… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I believe that you've created a metaphorical universe in which you can express your darkest fears. In one aspect, yes, I believe… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Detachment from things does not mean setting up a contradiction between 'things' and 'God' as if God were another thing and as… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Naturally, the plague of humanity named confidence (or pride to some), which symptoms often render each person to fiercely believe himself to… — Bruce Crown Copy Share Image
You could be attached to merely a description of a plant or a flower. Or a narrative of an event. Or rage… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
We find in the novella a seamless interweaving of at least two narrative voices, one of which is that of an observer… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
It's important to cultivate detachment. One way to do this is to practice imagining yourself dead, or in the process of dying.… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Perhaps a past of bingeing, restricting, or purging comes back to haunt you from time to time. Maybe you have to fight… — Kate Wicker Copy Share Image
My work is very dear to me, and certainly I have had all the emotional highs and lows that go with trying… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact"… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
In order to make room for more of God in our life, we need to let go of things that are currently… — Ralph Martin Copy Share Image
The law of karma is neither fatalistic nor punitive; nor is man a hapless, helpless victim in its bonds. God has blessed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My main goal is to stay alive. To keep fooling myself into hanging around. To keep getting up every day. Right now… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Frequently, when I suggest to people that they detach from a person or problem, they recoil in horror. “Oh, no!” they say.… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Detachment doesn't mean I'm trying less hard. It just means that fears and emotions that used to torment and paralyze me no… — Kelly Cutrone Copy Share Image
“Another aspect inviting contemplation is the fact that the affective tone of any feeling depends on the type of contact that has… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
When you have any kind of success in life, that's like the most dangerous moment that you're in because you're going to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
![“[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style and the deadpan delivery of RESERVOIR DOGS or FARGO and so they imitate those movies. They want PULP FICTION, but they get it all wrong! They get the detachment, but…” quote by Stanley Tucci](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/155/stanley-tucci-10260_character_hollywood-studios-are-handing-out-money_2775030.jpg)
