“It was almost enough to make me feel emotion.”
“When I read, I feel emotion all on my own. Emotion no living person is making me feel.”
“She beams at me and it’s almost enough to make up for the fact that I’m harder than trigonometry right now. Almost.”
“Emotions is evil. People who make me feel are worse. I take comfort in the stone inside of me. If I don't feel, I don't hurt.”
“Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go. Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. If you did it long enough and deep enough, he suspected, pretty soon you wouldn't feel anything at all.”
“When I loved myself enough, I no longer needed things or people to make me feel safe.”