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4. “But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.”
James Baldwin
Love's Fury, Fearful Love, Emotional Conflict, Relationship Struggles, Shame Avoidance, Human Connection
10. “I am so angry with myself because I cannot do what I should like to do, and at such a moment one feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless.” Vincent Van Gogh Self Frustration, Personal Struggles, Mental Block, Helplessness, Inner Anger, Emotional Conflict
11. “I began to reflect how magnificent a thing it was to die in such a manner, and how foolish it was in me to think of so paltry a consideration as my own individual life, in view of so wonderful a manifestation of God’s power.” Edgar Allan Poe Mortality, Reflection, Divine Power, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Conflict, Existential Awe
15. “I have this demon who wants me to run away screaming if I am going to be flawed, fallible. It wants me to think I’m so good I must be perfect. Or nothing. I am, on the contrary, something: a being who gets tired, has shyness to fight, has more trouble than most facing people easily.” Sylvia Plath Self-doubt, Personal Struggle, Emotional Conflict, Perfectionism, Identity, Vulnerability
20. “I wanted to say so many things. Yet when I opened my mouth, I made no sound. And yet – I do not know what I felt for Giovanni. I felt nothing for Giovanni, I felt terror and pity and a rising lust.” James Baldwin Emotional Conflict, Silence and Expression, Relationship Complexity, Inner Turmoil, Romantic Confusion, Fear and Desire
Emotional Conflict Quotes by Famous Authors
4. “But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.”
James Baldwin Love's Fury, Fearful Love, Emotional Conflict, Relationship Struggles, Shame Avoidance, Human Connection
10. “I am so angry with myself because I cannot do what I should like to do, and at such a moment one feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless.”
Vincent Van Gogh Self Frustration, Personal Struggles, Mental Block, Helplessness, Inner Anger, Emotional Conflict
11. “I began to reflect how magnificent a thing it was to die in such a manner, and how foolish it was in me to think of so paltry a consideration as my own individual life, in view of so wonderful a manifestation of God’s power.”
Edgar Allan Poe Mortality, Reflection, Divine Power, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Conflict, Existential Awe
15. “I have this demon who wants me to run away screaming if I am going to be flawed, fallible. It wants me to think I’m so good I must be perfect. Or nothing. I am, on the contrary, something: a being who gets tired, has shyness to fight, has more trouble than most facing people easily.”
Sylvia Plath Self-doubt, Personal Struggle, Emotional Conflict, Perfectionism, Identity, Vulnerability
20. “I wanted to say so many things. Yet when I opened my mouth, I made no sound. And yet – I do not know what I felt for Giovanni. I felt nothing for Giovanni, I felt terror and pity and a rising lust.”
James Baldwin Emotional Conflict, Silence and Expression, Relationship Complexity, Inner Turmoil, Romantic Confusion, Fear and Desire
