Psychology Quote by Gerda Weissmann Klein

“senses could be dulled, and you might withdraw into yourself, feeling numb and empty.”

— Burgess,, Wes

“So we waited. I felt useless. I felt like I was in the way. I wished I had some nervous habits so I could…

— Moira J. Moore

“But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.”

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“I just lay there, helplessly subject to my anxieties. A good many of them I could have put out of my mind, if I'd…

— Marilynne Robinson

“I had to sever my emotional cord to escape the anger and shame that silently slithered through my head, disconnecting myself from the stares…

— Rebecca Donovan

“The days after that, I felt so many different things, sad, angry. Guilty, but for the mostly just numb, like part of me was…

— Alex Flinn

“I waited for my body to respond to her nearness. Hoping that my heart would beat wildly or that wonderful tingling feeling would begin…

— Karen Ann Hopkins

“Then we were quiet. Quiet isn’t easy. Especially with virtual strangers. They say that nature hates a vacuum, and so it’s kind of natural…

— Kristen D. Randle

“Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. If you did it long enough and deep enough, he suspected,…

— Neil Gaiman

“Feelings have no emotions amongst the void.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

“The world hazed around me. I felt everything without feeling any thing.”

— Courtney C. Stevens

“My nerves needed a break, not a reminder of how much trouble we were in. I prowled around, but it didn't help. I still…

— Karen Chance