Emotional Guardedness Quotes

She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her

She never acted as if she liked him all that much, but then she never acted as if she liked anyone all that much.

If I get to know somebody, I'll open up, but other than that I like to sit back and observe things.

Sometimes I feel like I don't belong anywhere, & it's gonna take so long for me to get to somewhere, Sometimes I feel so heavy hearted, but I can't explain cuz I'm so guarded. But that's a lonely road to travel, and a heavy load to bear. And it's a long, long way to heaven but I gotta get there Can you send an angel? Can you send me an angel...to guide me.

It's not my way to talk about my feelings. They're impudent to myself, so it wouldn't make any sense if I tried to explain them to anyone else. I've never been to therapy - not interested in it.

It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.

He does not like showing his feelings and would rather do a cruel thing than open his heart freely.

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

I'm not cynical, but I don't really want to have a boyfriend or husband again.

I'm very secretive about my feelings, very shy.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

Seen too much, it's so hard for me to let new people in