When we define ourselves by what we can recognize, by what we can comprehend- rather than, say, by what we can describe
ADAM PHILLIPSBelieving in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood.
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Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.
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The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true.
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Transgression is a quest for solitude
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Wanting to be understood, as adults, can be our most violent form of nostalgia.
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There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden.
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I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?
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To keep faith with recognition we have to stay recognizable.
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Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
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There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage
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To grow up is to discover what one is unequal to.
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We have been taught to wish for it, but the wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be the way we hang on, as adults ,
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Excesses of appetite are self-cures for feelings of hopelessness. ..
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There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs
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The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd.
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You write to find out what you believe.
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