Emotional Tug Quotes

... I am At war 'twixt will and will not.

'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself.

That strange, twisted, torn love. That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.

When I was playing with the children, I felt I ought to be working, and when I was working, I felt I ought to be playing with the children.

It had not been a long journey, but the memory of it filled her like an infection. She had felt tethered by time to the city behind her, so that the minutes stretched out taut as she moved away, and slowed the farther she got, dragging out her little voyage.

Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.

Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno.

Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.

Part of what I like about the best villains in TV and film is when you feel sorry for them, and that makes you feel even worse for feeling guilty about wanting them to succeed, in some way.

I feel guilty: when I'm not golfing, I feel like I should be golfing. And when I'm golfing, I feel like I should be home working or spending time with the family. So it's a real conundrum.

The joy and the pain for me is about tightroping between being a cynic and being a romantic - the tug between barely believing in anything and hoping for everything.

My brain tells me it will be better to just let him go. My heart... not so much.

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

Half of my heart’s got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time.

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.

I think the details and the quality are so important that it has to have an emotional tug. Even if it's the simplest shoe, it has to have something that says, 'Oh, I have to have you.'