There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage
ADAM PHILLIPSWe 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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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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When we define ourselves by what we can recognize, by what we can comprehend- rather than, say, by what we can describe
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The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd.
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We are children for a very long time.
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There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden.
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We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.
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You write to find out what you believe.
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Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.
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The child can find out what the object ..might be only by finding ..obstacles to its access
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The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true.
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Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.
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we are continually under threat from what we are unwilling and/or unable to see.
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The past influences everything and dictates nothing.
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People change, but there really are limits.
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To keep faith with recognition we have to stay recognizable.
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