Sentimentality Quotes

141 quotes by 124 authors

Some days I do appreciate things more, eggs, flowers, but then I decide I'm only having an attack of sentimentality, my brain going pastel Technicolor,… — Margaret Atwood
I often wonder what would have happened to me if I hadn't made that decision. I suppose I would have sunk. I suppose I would… — V.S. Naipaul
Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something-an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I heard somewhere… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a… — Steig Larsson
Dying is overrated. Human sentimentality has twisted it into the ultimate act of love. Biggest load of bullshit in the world. Dying for someone isn't… — Karen Marie Moning
...the first thing you do at the end is reflect on the beginning. Maybe it's some form of reverse closure, or just the basic human… — Jonathan Tropper
My own terror of appearing sentimental is so strong that Iâ€™ve decided to fight against it, some; but the terror is still there. . .… — David Foster Wallace
Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience, his… — James A. Baldwin
Unless we are willing to escape into sentimentality or fantasy, often the best we can do with catastrophes, even our own, is to find out… — Norman Maclean
Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm. No [...] I know just how much sadness… — Osamu Dazai
A social order bent on producing wealth as an end in itself cannot avoid the creation of a people whose souls are superficial and whose… — Stanley Hauerwas
In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality. — Anne Frank
Alexia had found pregnancy relatively manageable, up to a point. That point having been some three weeks ago, at which juncture her natural reserves of… — Gail Carriger
One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind. — Melina Marchetta
One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he or she or… — John Green
In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it… — William S. Burroughs
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
I am in no doubt that if you use the term 'luv' in a letter or text message then you are incapable of truly understanding… — Jon Richardson
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
Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that she had not… — Pat Conroy

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