“ For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is painless on the level of the immediate moment - but in the prospect of suffering to come, the r… Jean-Philippe Toussaint
“ Others saw in the trend still another instance of a disturbing tendency in the American suburb: the longing for withdrawal, for self-enclosure, for expensive isolation. Steven Millhauser
“ My husband says this longing for isolation is not a good quality, that if I wanted to be a hermit I should have moved to the West Coast and adopted a lot of cats, not gotten married and had children t… Anna White
“ Undoubtedly, our weariness is not based on the fact that we’re running. Rather, our weariness is all too frequently based on the fact that many of the things that we’re running from are the very thing… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish. Alan Bennett
“ It was a dictum of his that the soul's energy thrives when the body's desires are feeblest. Athanasius of Alexandria
“ External relationships seem to have been emptied by a massive withdrawal of the real libidinal self. Effective mental activity has disappeared into a hidden inner world; the patient's conscious ego is… Harry Guntrip
“ Fear left unrestrained always leaves us running ‘from’ something. Fear harnessed compels us to run ‘to’ something. And fear denied leaves us running in circles. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Sadly, in too many cases surrender is having been ‘outrun’ by fear rather than having ‘run out’ of heart. Craig D. Lounsbrough
