Alice Sebold Quotes

I am living for every day and trying to have less fear, less worry. But I have always worried about everything; it's in my nature. It's the thing that makes me suffer the most.

I just want to teach people how to be comfortable. Stop being so scared.

My only intention is to be happy and be in a place where I feel wanted.

Dead silence is so much more foreign to me than people screaming at me, good or bad.

I've always wanted to make people feel better or feel alright or feel comfortable or not threatened and feel OK in their own skin.

Pleasure can also be a mirror of the anxiety we feel in everyday life, it can have a message inside.

You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

It would much conduce to the settlement of your hearts, to consider, That by fretting and discontent, you do yourselves more injury thart till the afsltilions you lie under could do; your own discontent is that which arms your troubles with a sting; it is you that make your burden heavy, by struggling under it. Could you but lie quiet under the hand of God, your condition would be much easier and sweeter than it is.

The struggle for life is not only the material and economic one. Comfort is no protection from anxiety.

Your heart is your home, and all roads lead to home.

Beauty might bring happiness, but happiness always brings beauty.

You've got to avoid situations that make you uncomfortable.

Ask yourself, "Is there anything in my life that is causing me to feel a sense of unease, discomfort, or pain?" You can choose a persistent issue that has bothered you for years, or it may be something that has recently come up for you. While it's fine to focus on a chronic, physical disorder, don't approach this exercise as a cure - we're focusing on patterns of perception that encourage us to hold onto suffering.

I'm always perpetually out of my comfort zone.

Worry is the activity of a mind which does not understand its connection with Me.

A sense of wrongness, of fraught unease, as if long nails scraped the surface of the moon, raising the hackles of the soul.

Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote about the two black men - friends - in the beginning of the book. So much of their experience was ABOUT trying to find friends in the authors/artists I wrote about - subjects that were/are a source of comfort, somehow, since none of them "fit," either

Most people can’t stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid.

Hell is our creation, and we create hell by trying to do the impossible. Heaven is our nature, it is our spontaneity. It is where we always are.

Cannot find the comfort in this world.

Love of self and love of life connects us with the prosperity of the Universe. Self-love creates self-expression and allows us to be creative in deeply fulfilling ways.

It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.

The Healthiest Response to life is Laughter.There is always a reason to be grateful.You belong in the scheme of the universe. There's nothing to be afraid of. You are Safe.Your soul cherishes every aspect of your life.There is a Plan, and your soul knows what it is.Ecstasy is the energy of spirit. When life flows, ecstasy is natural.There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.Evolution leads the way through desire.Freedom is Letting Go.

If you are completely comfortable with your life, and feeling absolutely no anxiety, then you are probably coasting, and not really growing.