---
title: "1 Feelings Thinking Quotes By Joanna Trollope"
description: "1 Feelings Thinking quotes by Joanna Trollope. Plus more from Joanna Trollope and more Feelings Thinking sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/joanna-trollope-18494_books_we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-muc_1218310.jpg"
---

> [“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often need literature to make our feelings intelligible to us, to make us see that our reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-much-thinking-we-are-afraid-of/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/joanna-trollope-18494_books_we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-muc_1218310.jpg)

## More by Joanna Trollope

> [I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-m-an-enormous-fan-of-people-who-have-had-a-lot-of-faith-in/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“Finding the home had been dispiriting at best. And the best had been only very occasional. She had been appalled, and alarmed, by most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/finding-the-home-had-been-dispiriting-at-best-and-the-best-had-been/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/my-view-of-an-excellent-novel-was-probably-set-in-the-golden-age-of/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-can-change-yourself-and-you-can-change-the-situation-but-you/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-m-a-third-done-into-a-new-book-but-sorry-i-have-a-superstition/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“She trusted her instincts; she trusted those dear to her; she trusted her emotions and her passions. She drank deep, you could see that;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/she-trusted-her-instincts-she-trusted-those-dear-to-her-she-trusted/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I always love writing about children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-always-love-writing-about-children/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/all-tv-can-do-is-capture-the-spirit-of-a-book-because-the-medium-is/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I don't need to marry again. I've been married twice, and I love it when it works, but these days we live until we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-don-t-need-to-marry-again-i-ve-been-married-twice-and-i-love-it/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“You’re stuck with yourself, so you might as well try and be someone you can stand to live with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-re-stuck-with-yourself-so-you-might-as-well-try-and-be-someone/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I am often criticised for being rather accessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-am-often-criticised-for-being-rather-accessible/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-much-thinking-we-are-afraid-of/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“a dog would be comfortably companionable and an uncomplicated distraction from the inside of his own head, and that one could safely say, out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/a-dog-would-be-comfortably-companionable-and-an-uncomplicated/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-can-t-be-too-old-to-be-a-writer-but-you-can-definitely-be-too/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-can-t-love-a-library-of-e-books-you-can-t-furnish-a-room-with-e/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Feelings Thinking Quotes By Joanna Trollope",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often need literature to make our feelings intelligible to us, to make us see that our reaction to what we can't choose and what we can is what shapes our lives.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Joanna Trollope"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-much-thinking-we-are-afraid-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/joanna-trollope-18494_books_we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-muc_1218310.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/joanna-trollope-18494_books_we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-muc_1218310.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/joanna-trollope-18494_books_we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-muc_1218310.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary…” — Joanna Trollope",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/",
            "name": "Feelings Thinking Quotes by Joanna Trollope",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/joanna-trollope-18494_books_we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-muc_1218310.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Feelings Thinking quotes by Joanna Trollope. Plus more from Joanna Trollope and more Feelings Thinking sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Feelings Thinking",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Joanna Trollope",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-thinking/joanna-trollope/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```