Bessie Head on feelings
Bessie Head7 quotes“It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of feeling; it thrived only in partnership with laughing generosity and truthfulness.”
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I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why I write.
Bessie HeadBessie Head People with really weak characters cause an immense amount of suffering in the world. They destroy whole civilisations.
Bessie HeadBessie Head A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.
Bessie HeadBessie Head Love is mutually feeding each other, not one living on another like a ghoul.
Bessie HeadBessie Head Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.
Bessie HeadBessie Head Money will hit me at a big off-period and genius will hit me in starvation, that is, I often get the money when I don’t think I deserve it and have been lolling around for days and days thinking the most abysmal thoughts.
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I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they’re hearing something other than what I’m hearing.
Bill FrisellBill Frisell I spent a good portion of my life being unable to honor my feelings. When I started the process of having real friendships it was a huge change. I still struggle with it because it is not familiar ground.
Bonnie St. JohnBonnie St. John If you sit back & spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you’re going to come up short next time
Bill BelichickBill Belichick As you age, feelings do diminish.
Bette MidlerBette Midler If you’re hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You’ll get the same kind of feeling and you won’t have to pay.
Bob DoleBob Dole But if the feelings are mutual, I open my heart without restriction. I’m not afraid to say ‘I love you’.
Bill KaulitzBill Kaulitz We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
Bernie SiegelBernie Siegel You must strive to become much less susceptible to influences outside of yourself and much more inclined to trust the instincts and feelings that lie within you.
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