We are children for a very long time.
ADAM PHILLIPSWe are tyrannized by our blind spots, and by whatever it is about ourselves that we find unacceptable.
More Adam Phillips Quotes
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We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.
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Sanity, in other words, becomes a pressing preoccupation as soon as we recognize the importance of recognition.
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You write to find out what you believe.
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The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true.
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To keep faith with recognition we have to stay recognizable.
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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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I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?
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Excesses of appetite are self-cures for feelings of hopelessness. ..
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Transgression is a quest for solitude
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One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life.
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The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd.
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There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage
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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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People change, but there really are limits.
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The child..will try to make himself..independent of other people. .
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