Numbness Quotes

101 Numbness quotes by 85 unique authors

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain. — William Faulkner
I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep,… — Haruki Murakami
In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed. — Patrick Ness
I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. — Raymond Chandler
I want someone to pinch me so I can feel something, anything. I'm sick of this numbness, of feeling so alone and outside of everything,… — Carol Matas
This behavior may...counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted — Susanna Kaysen
I believe that you've created a metaphorical universe in which you can express your darkest fears. In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but… — Laurie Halse Anderson
You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking about?" "You have… — Lauren Myracle
I almost said, you're not broken, you're just going through something. But i couldn't. She knew. There was something terribly wrong with her, all the… — Janet Fitch
And in some way, Clary thought, he meant it, meant his gratitude. He had long ago lost the ability to distinguish between force and cooperation,… — Cassandra Clare
She still felt shell-shocked by all of it, numb. Beneath the numbness, though, was a raw and terrible anger that was unlike anything she'd felt… — Kristin Hannah
I felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness. — Augusten Burroughs
You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb… — Douglas Coupland
Just that, is one of those uncommon moments, those times when you don't wish for something else, for even one thing to be different; when… — Deb Caletti
I wish I could explain it so someone could understand it. I'm afraid it's something I can't put into words. There's just this heavy, overwhelming… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Her heart began to ache, and she felt the numbness slip away. Misery welled up inside her. She clamped down on it, trying to hold… — Lili Wilkinson
I am nothing. I’m like someone who’s been thrown into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach out, but no one is there.… — Haruki Murakami
She’s never where she is,' I said. 'She’s only inside her head. — Janet Fitch
The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body with sobs. Where… — Suzanne Collins
You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or… — Tasha Alexander
Kill her for me," she said in that whiny little-girl voice. Diego took a step toward me, wearing an expression that told me he was… — Meg Cabot
Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do… — Lorrie Moore
Wasn't it time she risked getting hurt again, instead of just accepting the numbness of never letting anyone in? — Jeaniene Frost
Grief, as I read somewhere once, is a lazy Susan. One day it is heavy and underwater, and the next day it spins and stops… — Anne Lamott
He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness. — Thomas Harris

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