Francisca

“The damage done to us during our childhood cannot be undone, since we cannot change anything in our past. We can, however, change ourselves. We can repair ourselves and gain our lost integrity by choosing to look more closely at the knowledge that is stored inside our bodies and bringing this knowledge closer to our awareness. This path, although certainly not easy, is the only route by which we can at last leave behind the cruel, invisible prison of our childhood. We become free by transforming ourselves from unaware victims of the past into responsible individuals in the present, who are aware of our past and are thus able to live with it.”
― Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

“El conocimiento es, por ende, parte de la vida misma de todo organismo, ya que es la manera que este posee de insertarse, ordenar y orientarse en su ambiente. No hay vida sin conocimiento.”
― Felipe Lecannelier A., Conocimiento & complejidad. Una perspectiva evolucionista

“We cannot really love if we are forbidden to know our truth, the truth about our parents and caregivers as well as about ourselves. We can only try to behave as if we were loving. But this hypocritical behavior is the opposite of love. It is confusing and deceptive, and it produces much helpless rage in the deceived person. This rage must be repressed in the presence of the pretended “love,” especially if one is dependent, as a child is, on the person who is masquerading in this illusion of love.”
― Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

“Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another!”
― Douglas McGrath