Denial Quotes

636 Denial quotes by 510 unique authors

He had the same empty confusion in his eyes that I saw in my mirror every morning, that odd sort of denial that only seems… — Mira Grant
Marriage is memory, marriage is time. Marriage is not only time: it is also, parodoxically, the denial of time. — Joan Didion
It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by… — Agatha Christie
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of… — Pope John Paul II
To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is… — Terry Goodkind
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. — Pope John Paul II
The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma. — Judith Lewis Herman
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant â€˜identityâ€™ (â€˜this is your duty as an Americanâ€™, â€˜you must commit these acts as… — Amartya Sen
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God. — Jonathan Kellerman
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the… — John Bradshaw
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
Closing down in the midst of pain is a denial of a man's true nature. A superior man is free in feeling and action, even… — David Deida
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent,… — Og Mandino
I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was… — Agatha Christie
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness,… — James A. Baldwin
Give me romance. Flash. Give me denial. — Chuck Palahniuk
There came to him an image of manâ€™s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all manâ€™s life was like a tiny… — Thomas Wolfe
Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one… — Neal Shusterman

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