We think we should have to work in order to feel. We want to have our cake resist us; and then we want to eat it, too.

Leslie Jamison
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  1. I've never minded it, " he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours. - Cassandra Clare

  2. There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison - Jane Austen

  3. It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds... - Unknown

  4. Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them. - Roy T. Bennett

  5. You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time. - Louis C.K.

More Quotes By Leslie Jamison
  1. A cry for attention is positioned as a crime, as if attention were inherently a selfish thing to want. But isn’t wanting attention one of the most fundamental traits of being human–â€â€¹and isn’t granting it one of the most important gifts we can ever give?

  2. Pain without cause is a pain we can't trust. We assume it's been chosen or fabricated.

  3. We want our wounds to speak for themselves, but usually we end up having to speak for them.

  4. Freedom from one man is just another one.

  5. It was a look that suggested emotions happening just past your line of sight: a grief so deep you'd never be able to see it, a love so fierce it could swallow itself completely.

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