Lewis Carroll Quotes

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

The gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist.

She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.

I used to feel like I was drowning. So I stopped trying to swim.

My heart is heavy, she thought. It’s not just a saying. It is what is—heavy, a great stone lodged in my breast, pressing down my whole being. How can I even stand straight and look out upon the world? I am doubled over into myself and, for all the weight, find only emptiness.

I wanted to cry but I didn't, I probably should have cried, I should have drowned us there in the room ending our suffering.

Guilt is a timorous thing ere perpetration; despair alone makes guilty men be bold.

The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re not to worry about.

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.

I don't know what anxiety is like anymore.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

I was an emotional basket case.

I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.

I wake up every morning in a cold sweat, regardless of how well things went the day before. And put that I said that in a somewhat but not completely tongue-in-cheek way.

One night I'd had some beers, and then I Googled myself and spent the night in tears.

At this very moment, I don't feel I will be able to handle what's coming.

The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio - it sent me a bit mad.

I was an emotional wreck even as a young child, fearful and tearful.

When someone would come up to me in the street, I would either run away or burst into tears. I didn't know what to do. I don't think you're ever prepared for this.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

Being alone with fear can rapidly turn into panic. Being alone with frustration can rapidly turn into anger. Being alone with disappointment can rapid turn into discouragement and, even worse, despair.

I pretend to be calm, it's not a word in my vocabulary.

It's hard to stay calm when you're terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning.

Fear and Guilt are the only enemies of man.