Emotional Numbness Quotes

“It's a funny thing about being alone. You never really notice it when it's happening. You're aware that nobody else is there, but [...] as with wading into cold water, you acclimate to the relative solitude until it doesn't even bother you anymore. You don't realize that your hands and toes have grown numb until there is a sudden burst of warmth that sends needles through your extremities.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“We become numb ourselves while the world calls it a tragedy.”
― Laura Chouette

“Pain... Physical pain is the only thing that reminds me I’m still a human being. Emotional pain doesn’t exist anymore." .”
― Ali Zaka (AZD), Shadows Within: A Collection of Dark Tales by Ali Zaka

“If you don't care about anything, including the fact that you don't care about anything, you are invulnerable. But also: invulnerability is wasted on you.”
― Agnes Callard, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life

“La tragedia de los otros atenúa la propia.”
― Guillermo Saccomanno, El oficinista