The Art of Feeling Quotes

“Sometimes when I’m dealing with too much, I stop dealing with anything.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“I’m tired of things I love being gone forever. I didn’t think there was room in me for any more holes, but that’s all I am now, a collection of empty spaces where things were ripped away.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“You don't realize that you haven't been feeling anything until you feel something again.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“It’s burning, but it’s not burning me up. I’m feeling it, but it’s not killing me. I think about how powerful it is, and how strong that must mean that I am.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“How do you hurt someone who doesn’t care what you think of him, doesn’t care what you say to him, and doesn’t care if you attack him?”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“The truth is, I'm blank most of the time. Static.
Sometimes I think I've used up all my emotions.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“It’s the first time a boy has been in my room, but Eliot probably doesn’t qualify as a boy in the boy sense. I shove aside dirty clothes on my bed to make space. I’ve taken care of enough injured teammates to know what to do. “How’s your head?”
“More functional than most.”
“Are you dizzy?”
“What about you? Are you all right?”
“Answer, don’t ask.”
“Typical ISFJ, playing doctor.”
“Oh, Jesus. Tell me what just happened. Do you remember?”
“You were there.”
“Eliot.”
“I may not have thought it through. But that’s a rarity, I promise.”
“That is so obviously a true thing you just said.” I shine my phone flashlight in Eliot’s face. He squints. Regular dilation. “I don’t think you have a concussion. Does anything feel broken?”
“Just my dignity.”
“It’ll recover.” I dip a clean sock in the glass of water on my bedside table and wipe blood off his jaw.
“Thank you,” he says quietly.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“The problem with screaming everything on your mind is that it feels really good when you're saying it, but it's like being drunk. Afterward you have to deal with the hangover and the people you pissed off.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“You need to grow up and deal with the fact that just because I can do some stuff doesn't mean I can do everything we used to, even if it makes you feel bad, because pretending it don't happen doesn't stop it from being a thing. it just is.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“He looks ethereal, like a beautiful creature in a fairy tale that might help you or kill you, you don't know which.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“Dr. Brown told me that grief is like a dying lightbulb. Sometimes it's dark for an hour, sometimes its sputters for a day, and sometimes it seems fine before giving out when you least expect it.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“You just have to watch people. They don't hide as much as they think. Like your expression.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling

“I’d order a hundred baskets of flowers and carry the casket and get ordained as the freaking minister if it would convince you not to be so dumb.”
― Laura Tims, The Art of Feeling