1,266 Quotes About Emotion








  • Author Stephanie Springgay
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    Emotions [...] were not already given, but created in the instant of circulation and exchange. Emotions are not static. They mutate and change with each encounter, attesting to their fluidity. We should not view encounters from the perspective of revelation. Encounters do not reveal; they create.

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  • Author Jackie Kay
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    The tall trees, compassionate, understood everything:grief - they stood stock-still, branches drooped in despair;fear - they exposed their many roots, tugged their gold hair;anger - they shook in the storm, pointed their bony fingers. - The World of Trees (inspired by the Forest of Burnley)

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