“A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.”— Edgar Allan Poe, amazon.com
“A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.”— Mikhail Lermontov, amazon.com
“Lack of love. Sleep, then nightmare. Paper everywhere. Trivial bits of paper. Nothing ever done. Sure, sure, sure. Today I will walk in the sun. I will simply walk in the sun.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be.”— Leo Buscaglia, amazon.com
“Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you will never know.”— Thomas Hardy, amazon.com
“I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.”— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com
“There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.”— Bjork, goodreads.com
“These thoughts, whether from inside me or from external things, soon become too intense.”— Charles Baudelaire, amazon.com
“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com
“It’s weird to feel like you miss someone you’re not even sure you know.”— David Foster Wallace, amazon.com
“I think people spend too much time staring into screens and not enough time drinking wine, tongue kissing, and dancing under the moon.”— Rachel Wolchin, twitter.com
“Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.”— Dejan Stojanovic, dejanstojanovic.info
“I have been told, sometimes, the most healing thing to do is remind ourselves over and over and over: Other people feel this too.”— Andrea Gibson, ohandreagibson.tumblr.com
“Each person’s heart breaks in its own way. Every cure will be different, but there are some things we all need. Before anything else, we need to feel safe.”— Erica Bauermeister, amazon.com