“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”
“She had not really a sensitive soul, but to put it in exact terms, was possessed by an uncontrollable feeling of mind”
“I'm unhappy. I don't want to fall in love with you. It'll hurt far too much when it's over”
“The artist who is too sensitive for contacts with the non-artistic world is thereby too sensitive for his vocation, and fit only to fall into gentle ecstasies over the work of artists less sensitive than himself.”
“But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.”
“The simple fact was, that Oliver, instead of possessing too little feeling, possessed rather too much, and was in a fair way of being reduced to a state of brutal stupidity and sullenness for life, by the ill usage he had received.”