611 Quotes About Denial

We cannot live side by side with obviously distressed people unless they are to blame and we are innocent. Nothing inside them or the way they live can be allowed to disturb our lives.

I was trying to keep God's pain at arms length.

Denial has rented a room in my head and frequently stomps around slamming doors.

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear so don't look and they'll stay farther away than you expect they would.

...the longer one stays in full flight from reality, the more painful will be the landing.

Denial is the lid on our emotional pressure cooker: the longer we leave it on, the more pressure we build up. Sooner or later, that pressure is bound to pop the lid, and we have an emotional crisis.

Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.

It is not what you don’t know that hurts you; it is what you do know, which is not the truth that does your spirit the most harm.

You can hold on to the smallest doubt and take comfort in it, stay in denial and go on with your carefree life, until one day you're finally cornered by a truth that can no longer be ignored.