Toni MorrisonI want to feel what I feel. What's mine. Even if it's not happiness, whatever that means. Because you're all you've got.
About This Quote
I want to feel what I feel. is a common phrase that is used when someone is trying to express that they believe that the best way to feel something is to experience it. Whether that feeling is happiness or sadness, if a person wants to feel the emotion, they must go through the feelings themselves. In this case, it seems that the person wants to feel happiness but they have been told that happiness is not an option for them.
A lot of people have been told that there is something wrong with them and so they live in a state of sadness. But, in this case, a person has found a way to get what they want and so they must say what they think so that they can experience that feeling for themselves. If one believes in their own emotions then they are able to feel what they want with less trouble.
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