“Expressing emotion is not so easy. He has to remind himself that English is not her first language. Expressing emotion can be difficult even when the words are familiar. ”

“To talk about paintings is not only difficult but perhaps pointless too. You can only express in words what words are capable of expressing-- what language can communicate. Painting has nothing to do with that.”

“He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.”

“When a child shuts down his painful emotional side, he also loses the ability to express his joyous side. Emotions are a whole. With anger comes the ability to express delight; with sadness comes the ability to express lightheartedness. This is the breadth of emotion that allows an adult to experience intimacy with a spouse, with God, and with his children”

“English was such a strange language - expressive in so may way, but so bland in others.”

“Words aren’t just words, rather an emotion expressed through the vines of mental awakening. Blind is he who cannot feel this emotion for the comfort of wisdom is speech rather than silence.”