Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“The secret of our emotions never lies in the bare object, but in its subtle relations to our own past.”

— George Eliot

“Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.”

— Cass R. Sunstein

“emotion, and that negative moments are like scribbling with permanent marker”

— Jodi Picoult

“You see, you’re not someone without direction; you’re an investigator, and the whole investigative process consists of learning a little bit about everything that…

— Barbara Sher

It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but a certain…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.

— Khaled Hosseini

“...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011).”

— Mikkel Wallentin Arndis Simonsen Andreas Hojlund Nielsen

“Curiosity was a bad character trait for a private investigator to have. It created work.”

— Dee Henderson

“The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.”

— Marya Mannes

Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“so often my own emotions were hidden not only from other people but from myself. or perhaps it was the other way round: i…

— Margot Livesey

“Guarding one’s thoughts always presented fewer challenges than guarding one’s emotions.”

— Jo Goodman