“ All the repressed emotions and subconscious desires in time lead to some kind of psychological or physiological breakdown, if kept unchecked. Abhijit Naskar
“ Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought, claiming that the actor was a victim of the "hysteria" created… Joan Smith
“ My wretched passions were acute, smarting, from my continual, sickly irritability I had hysterical impulses, with tears and convulsions. I had no resource except reading, that is, there was nothing in… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? Youtake delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.""You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves.… Jane Austen
“ The main problem with the 'histronic behaviour' hypothesis, like the alternatives, is that it is unitary and simplistic, while the phenomena are complex and heterogeneous. When advanced as a sole and… Colin A. Ross
“ That clean but lonely feeling when there are no other cars. The traffic lights changing just for you. Don DeLillo
“ In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do. We find… Charles Mackay
“ Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love. Milan Kundera
“ It's hard to explain how an infatuation actually starts. It's a state so all-encompassing that it's almost impossible to remember how it felt to live inside your own head before it began. Everything t… Olivia Sudjic
“ The history of hysteria is a history of the relation between the colonizing father and the colonized devalued other. Judith L. Alpert
