“Everyone represses everything. Do you think any of these 'normal' human beings really do exactly what they want to do all the time? 'Course not. It's just the same. We're middle-class and we're British. Repression is in our veins.”— Matt Haig, amazon.com
“Wednesday: Too many people tell each other not to repress their emotions, to release their feelings, to let the pain go. There's a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. I'm gonna tell you something and you're gonna want to hurt me, but what I say has gotta be said. So I want you to consider my wo…”— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com
“Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.”— Aleister Crowley, amazon.com
“One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a mi…”— Harry S Truman, en.wikisource.org
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.”— Harry Truman, presidency.ucsb.edu
“Repression only leads to further depression – bringing these emotional ailments to the surface, however, gives them a greater chance to be exposed to medicine and heal.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Jessica: I prefer repression. Malcolm: And self-medication.”— Edward Ricourt, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, imdb.com
“Moral vigilantism typically has its roots in repression and guilt. This generally manifests itself in low self-esteem and self-loathing. By punishing others, the unsub may also be punishing himself.”— Bruce Zimmerman, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com
“What do I need to talk for…ha!...For to blab to the neighbors about George has a new fem-Jerry friend or to tell everybody at the coffee shop how George is all mixed up in a perverse sexual amalgam of some girl and his best friend?”— Bruce Eric Kaplan, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com
“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group…”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“On our crowded planet there are no longer any 'internal affairs.' The Communist leaders say, 'Don't interfere in our internal affairs. Let us strangle our citizens in peace and quiet.' But I tell you: Interfere more and more. Interfere as much as you can. We beg you to come and interfere.”— Aleksandra Zaric, goodreads.com
“I really like showing what shocks people. I know that people don't like to tell the truth all the time, but what people don't like to say is exactly what drives me to paint.”— Chéri Samba, amazon.com
“Never repress yourself, but try not to hurt people you love. Try not to throw bad energies around in general, they always get back.”— Nina Sever, youtube.com
“Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad.”— Camille Paglia, amazon.com
“If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.”— Toni Morrison, books.google.com
“Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“Is race on my brain, and am I screwed up? Or is it on everyone else’s brain, and am I just taking notes? No one ever acknowledges the true subject of our discussions; it can never get expressed directly, it simply can’t be, won’t be, isn’t allowed to be talked about openly, and so it comes out in a…”— David Shields, amazon.com