--- title: "6 Invest Feelings Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Invest Feelings quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Invest Feelings sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/bell-hooks-464_books_when-we-feel-deeply-drawn-to-someone-we_267510.jpg" --- > [“When we feel deeply drawn to someone, we cathect them; that is, we invest feelings or emotion in them. That process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/when-we-feel-deeply-drawn-to-someone-we-cathect-them-that-is-we/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/bell-hooks-464_books_when-we-feel-deeply-drawn-to-someone-we_267510.jpg) > [“... don't invest your feelings in things. Don't invest them in people. Don't be good, considerate, honest, generous, and compassionate to others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/najwa-zebian/don-t-invest-your-feelings-in-things-don-t-invest-them-in-people-don/) [Najwa Zebian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/najwa-zebian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/najwa-zebian-34073_generosity_don-t-invest-your-feelings-in-things-don_406794.jpg) > [It's not worth it to continue to invest your feelings into somebody unworthy of your love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/it-s-not-worth-it-to-continue-to-invest-your-feelings-into-somebody/) [Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/anurag-prakash-ray-38_feelings_it-s-not-worth-it-to-continue-to-invest_525698.jpg) > [Friends with benefits = in reality is telling you to your face that you're good enough to f-ck...but not good enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/friends-with-benefits-in-reality-is-telling-you-to-your-face-that-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/anonymous-1_feelings_friends-with-benefits-in-reality-is-tell_554880.jpg) > [Stop going back to the one who brings you more pain than happiness. It's not worth it to continue to invest your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stop-going-back-to-the-one-who-brings-you-more-pain-than-happiness-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/anonymous-1_ex-boyfriend_stop-going-back-to-the-one-who-brings-yo_1144180.jpg) > [For all reality TV, and all the viewers of reality TV, just be entertained. Don't invest your feelings, your heart, your soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaunie-o-neal/for-all-reality-tv-and-all-the-viewers-of-reality-tv-just-be/) [Shaunie O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaunie-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/shaunie-o-neal-19661_feelings_for-all-reality-tv-and-all-the-viewers-o_2519181.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/invest-feelings/#itemlist", "name": "Invest Feelings Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When we feel deeply drawn to someone, we cathect them; that is, we invest feelings or emotion in them. That process of investment wherein a loved one becomes important to us is called \"cathexis\". I his book Peck rightly emphasizes that most of us \"confuse cathecting with loving.\" We all know how often individuals of cathecting insist that they love the other person even if they are hurting of neglecting them. Since their feiling is that of cathexis, they insist that what they feel is love. 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