When our actions and choices are based on fear and denial ... Well, nothing good can come of that. Ever.
When someone we love dies suddenly and tragically, it’s like seeing the curvature of the earth. You always knew it was round, a contained sphere floating in space. But when you see the bend in the hor...
When they’re small, they’re part of you, on you in bed, showering with you, climbing onto your lap, holding on to your leg. Slowly, slowly, they start to move away, and if you love them, if you want t...
When you hate women, you hate all the female elements of your own psychology. Jung believed that there were two primary anthropomorphic archetypes of the unconscious mind. The animus is the unconsciou...
When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person, n...
When you’re young it's easy to confuse passion for love.
Where I train we smack our palms and knuckles against cinderblocks. This action creates tiny fissures in the bones. When those fissures heal, the bone is stronger. I can put the blade of my palm throu...
Who you marry, what you choose as your profession, how you were raised—yes, that is the big picture. But, as they say, the devil’s in the details.
You [meaning mothers] said good-bye a little every day -- from the minute they left your body until they left your home.
You can put on a mask and a costume for the rest of the world, but you can't hide from the people who changed your diapers.
You can’t squeeze blood from a stone. You can try, but you do all the bleeding.
You didn't wind up on a pole without a lot of help from your family.
You know, he said. He paused a minute, as though picking his words carefully. It’s okay to disappoint people sometimes. It’s okay for us to say no simply because we don’t want to do something. Intelle...
You were never so acutely aware of your own flaws as you were in the presence of your child. Why was that? The
An awareness of your own worth is the most attractive quality in the world.
Counseling. She said that grief is not linear. It’s not a slow progression forward toward healing, it’s a zigzag, a terrible back-and-forth from devastated to okay until finally there are more okay pa...
Grief is not linear. It’s not a slow progression forward toward healing, it’s a zigzag, a terrible back-and-forth from devastated to okay until finally there are more okay patches and fewer devastated...
There were only two ways of being in the world. You either walked through life acting out of love, or you acted out of fear.
When we put on clothes, we’re telling ourselves something, and we’re communicating that something to every person we meet.
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