“No, it's not a 'corpse thing.' I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning...”

“We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger.”

“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.”

“On those days, I feel like a balloon blown to capacity, ready to burst.”

“...and she no longer is having her emotional responses to...stress numbed by medication. "I've been off the drugs for two years, and sometimes I find it very, very difficult to deal with my emotions. I tend to have these rages of anger. Did the drugs bring such a cloud over my mind, make me so comatose, that I never gained skills on how to deal with my emotions? Now I'm finding myself getting angrier than ever and getting happier than ever too. The circle with my emotions is getting wider. And yes, it's easy to deal with when you're happy, but how do you deal with it when you're mad? I'm working on not getting overly defensive, and trying to take things in stride.”

“As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.”