Merit Quote by Chloe Neill

“Once an emotion is toxically shame bound, one feels numb. The emotional avoidance is sealed by learning to avoid the avoidance.”

— John Bradshaw

“The trick was not to stifle the emotions, but to control them. Love, anger, grief – all were weapons in their way, but they…

— John Connolly

“I discovered that we liked each other. But I was fearful of giving free rein to my emotions. Fearful that all those emotions and…

— Jacqueline Carey

“The key to coping with questionable emotions is knowing that we are in control of them, and not the other way around.”

— Jeanne Segal

“Emotions were only useful to control, survive and succeed”

— C.J. Roberts

“The only way that I felt I could break away from her, from us, was avoidance.”

— Sadie Grubor

“Denying or repressing strong emotions doesn't eliminate them. Instead, they get displaced or stored up.”

— Susan Forward

“It requires far more strength to experience emotion than to suppress it.”

— Wendy Walker

“It was, however, time to accept fear for what it was, an emotion that was preventing them from being who they needed to be.”

— Stephen Reid Andrews

“May you allow fear to soften and melt away. May you release all regrets and resentments.”

— Charlene Costanzo

“I discovered that those who seldom dwell on their emotions know better than anyone else just what an emotion is.”

— John Cage

“Of all the emotions people gave me, sadness was probably the hardest one to take. Fear was temporary, but sadness could last a lifetime.”

— R.L. Naquin