Quotes by Numbness Wasn't it time she risked getting hurt again, instead of just accepting the numbness of never letting anyone in? Jeaniene Frost getting-hurtnumbnesshurt A lazy frost, a numbness of the mind. John Dryden numbnesslazymind Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past. Jon Krakauer numbnesslovepast I'm up all night against my will My medicine won't let me feel anything at all The doctor gave me sleeping pills and I took one Then I feel all alone, sleeping like a stone. Joseph Arthur numbnesssleepnight She examined me, she looked at me critically and said, "Why are you trying to starve yourself?" To keep myself from feeling love, from feeling lust, from feeling anything at all. Joyce Carol Oates numbnesslustfeelings I wish I could explain it so someone could understand it. I'm afraid it's something I can't put into words. There's just this heavy, overwhelming despair - dreading everything. Dreading life. Empty inside, to the point of numbness. It's like there's something already dead inside. My whole being has been pulling back into that void for months. (81) Kay Redfield Jamison numbnessdespairwish She still felt shell-shocked by all of it, numb. Beneath the numbness, though, was a raw and terrible anger that was unlike anything she'd felt before. She had so little experience with genuine anger that it scared her. She actually worried that if she started screaming, she'd never stop. Kristin Hannah shellsnumbnesslittles How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive. Kurt Vonnegut numbnessnicelife You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking about?" "You have to be nicer to me or... or..." "Or what?" he said. Still Lars, still charming and jokey, but with a thread of fear. It snaked in and pierced my numbness and almost broke my resolve. Almost, but not quite. "Or I have ti break up with you." I whispered What was there more to say? Nothing. So I hung up. Lauren Myracle numbnessnicekings Her heart began to ache, and she felt the numbness slip away. Misery welled up inside her. She clamped down on it, trying to hold onto the deadness that had blanketed her emotions for the past few days. Lili Wilkinson numbnessheartpast Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do to the world. Lorrie Moore numbnessdoneworld I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. Louise Glück numbnesscostumestaken Anaesthesia, that's one technique: if it hurts, invent a different pain. Margaret Atwood numbnesspainhurt Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others. Margaret Atwood suffering-of-othersnumbnesswinning And so I am feeling numb. It's a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world around me disappears, and something starts to hum inside my head. Far off, voices try to bump up against me, but I repel them. My ears fill up with water and I focus on the humming in my head. Marya Hornbacher numbnessvoicewater I am feeling fine. I remember these words and recite them. These are the things you say when asked how you are. After all, it would be odd to say: I'm not feeling. Or, more to the point: I'm not, I have ceased to be. Where am I? Marya Hornbacher numbnesswould-befeelings I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence. Nick Cave numbnessviolencethinking In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed. Patrick Ness numbnessboysworld I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. Raymond Chandler numbnessspacestars How do you get so empty? Who takes it out of you? Ray Bradbury detachmentnumbnessemptiness«12345»
