I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.
And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that
In my experience, fear comes from not knowing what to expect and not feeling you have any control over what’s about to happen. When you feel helpless, you’re far more afraid than you would be if you knew the facts.
I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.
Men feel more bereft without a woman than women will feel bereft without a man
What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure - as a mere automaton of duty?
people who refuse to take risks live with a feeling of dread that is far more severe than what they would feel if they took the risks necessary to make them less helpless - only they don't know it!
What would you prefer? 'What did the Count eat today, children? One helpless villager, two helpless villagers, three helpless villagers….
Christianity would be helpless without the idea of freewill and the idea of freewill would be helpless without incongruity.
Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to.
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.
There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
If there's a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who's trapped underground, I don't know it.
Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.
How does it feel? Really, I don't know because I never try to feel more or less than any player in Leverkusen or Mexico. I don't feel like I'm more famous than other players; I'm just one more footballer who wants to achieve their dreams and to try to help their team as much as they can to do that.