Louise Erdrich Quotes

Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop screaming.

Emotions are my weakness. It is in my blood. It is very difficult to control.

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

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.

Mastering our emotions has nothing to do with asceticism or repression, for the purpose is not to break the emotions or deny them but to "break in" the emotions, making them teachable because they are tamed.

Anger is my biggest enemy in life.

We should not shed tears That is a surrender of the body to the heart It is only proof That we are beings that do not know What to do with out hearts

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

I struggle with control.

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

I would walk into my office, and I would close the door, and I would say, 'I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry'... At least, I wasn't going to let them see me cry.

I've always had a hard time just being angry or just being really sad - the bigger emotions.

I feel like a lot of times when stuff is on my mind, I really don't show it. I know how to hide my emotions.

I hate feelings. Why does sobriety have to come with feelings?

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.

Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.

If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.

For years I have endeavored to calm an impetuous tide -- laboring to make my feelings take an orderly course -- it was striving against the stream.

You can't live with letting your feelings guide you, you'll get smooshed.

For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when emotions hold sway.

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.

I'm very careful with my emotions, and I don't let them run free. If I'm upset, it's usually for a very good, very deep reason.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.