“She seemed, that evening, to combine together everything that was attractive about maturity.”
― Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
― Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
“For this reason, our adult relationships have a strong tendency toward repetition of early family-of-origin dynamics.”
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
“but I am further persuaded that sex (and its accompanying fantasy of romantic love) is now carrying the burden of much of our lost spirituality.”
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
“We have to recall the functional definition of the Shadow as that which renders us uncomfortable in confronting in ourselves.”
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
“people [are] likely to be Muslims or Christians more from a need to belong to a group that would provide emotional reassurance in a difficult world, rather than as a result of a personal search for truth and meaning.”
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
― Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
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