Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can.

I'm really happy with my life now, but there's a lot of stuff I feel very sad about in ways I can't even control.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

No reason to be angry. Anger just distracts from the all-encompassing sadness.

Sometimes happiness comes, sometimes sadness, anger, jealousy - you need not make them your problems

Ride your emotions as the shallop rides the waves; don't get upset among them. There are people who enjoy getting swamped emotionally, just as, incredibly, there are people who enjoy getting drunk.

If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did, exactly because it proves such a difficult emotion to manage.

Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.

Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet.

I'm an emotional person, and I externalise my feelings a lot with some things, but I'm strong with others.

I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.

But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.

There are times when I cry. I'll sit in the chair and feel the depression, let it seethe. Then it starts to go away, and I find myself laughing, saying, 'Well, that was dramatic.'

I'm overemotional.

Sometimes I get emotional. I let my emotions get the best of me.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

You need to try to master the ability to feel sad without actually being sad.

Strong feelings are fine; it's the overreactions that mess us up.

Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won't rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry.

We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this—through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication—we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime. One of the most difficult problems is to construct these barriers of such a height and strength that one has a true harbor, a sanctuary away from crippling turmoil and pain, but yet low enough, and permeable enough, to let in fresh seawater that will fend off the inevitable inclination toward brackishness.

You don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

She used to cry roughly three times a year. Now she seemed to cry three times before breakfast. Could that be considered progress?

You'll have to learn to control your emotions. They're new, like achild's now, bursting with passion. Never let them fade, or part of you will die. But they cal also destroy you. Hold them dear, but don't let them take hold of you.

You have to be careful because those feelings and bitterness can take over and consume in a bad way.