Quotes by Catharsis I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a catharsis in telling a miserable old tale; you get rid of demons. Anne-Marie Duff catharsis band thinking A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Aristotle catharsis tragedy fear My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. Bret Easton Ellis catharsis pain world I always said it kept me alive - photography - because it did. It was my catharsis. Bruce Gilden catharsis alive photography When you can bring yourself to write about it one day, you will find it all less painful. It is a catharsis of sorts, but the process can be brutal. Don’t do it until you’re ready. Danielle Steel catharsis one-day writing Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves. Desmond Tutu catharsis return purpose This living, this living, this living Was never a project of mine. Dorothy Parker clams catharsis life Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying. Dorothy Parker catharsis emotional art Art is a form of catharsis. Dorothy Parker catharsis form art I don't feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place afterward. Edward Albee catharsis should play There's something about a catharsis that is very important. Glenn Close catharsis important I just think that, at the end of the day, you needed the catharsis of revelation. Greg Bryk catharsis the-end-of-the-day thinking I don't write for catharsis; I have to write to understand. Joan Didion catharsis writing Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know. If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan, Sohrab, and me ends with happiness, I wouldn't know what to say. Does anybody's? After all, life is not a Hindi movie. Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: Life goes on, undmindful of beginning, en, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis. Khaled Hosseini catharsis doe moving Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end…crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis (nomads). Khaled Hosseini catharsis goes-on moving I use my work as catharsis. That's often the best thing that we can do, is to allow ourselves to rage because it's so rare that we get to. We're told to forgive - I don't want to! I don't want to forgive my abuser! I don't care to and I don't like that assumption that forgiveness makes me a better person. It's not authentic to me, my feelings and what I need. But everyone has their own way. Margaret Cho catharsis forgiving feelings And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things. Maurice Sendak catharsis mean children The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working. Melanie Lynskey catharsis acting interesting The catharsis that finalizes Dostoevsky's novels might be - of course inadequately and somewhat rationalistically - expressed in this way: nothing conclusive has yet taken place in the world, the ultimate word of the world and about the world has not yet been spoken, the world is open and free, everything is still in the future and will always be in the future Mikhail Bakhtin catharsis taken world The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. Nathalie Sarraute catharsis kind writing 12»