611 Quotes About Denial

Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.

We have reached the age of denial, we have become happiness seekers, afraid to feel. We are told to think positive, to seek only joy. Stores overflow with books selling you ways to rid yourself of ‘negative’ feelings.

pain is like the cold. do not give it your attention. but unlike the cold do not deny being in pain

The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated I was. I was like the man who complains of the itching of his severed leg. The itching distracts from the immense knowledge that one will forever after hobble through life.

I’m still pretty sick about what I’ve lost, but I only admit it to myself late at night, which is probably why I’m not the best sleeper.

I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false.

We are all innocent, until we die.

Anything can be lost if you try hard enough.

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.