“There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons.”
― The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
― The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
“Therapists often use resistance to describe any scenario when a client doesn’t do what they want them to do. Thus, resistance is derogatory. It highlights that a client is “making things difficult.”
― Sometimes Therapy is Awkward
― Sometimes Therapy is Awkward
“It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self.”
― Playing and Reality
― Playing and Reality
“I did not come into existence when he harmed me. She found her voice! I had a voice, he stripped it, left me groping around blind for a bit, but I always had it. I just used it like I never had to use it before. I do not owe him my success, becoming, he did not create me. The only credit Brock can take is for assaulting me, and he could never even admit to that.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.”
― ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY - MAN
― ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY - MAN
Tash’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tash’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Tash
Lists liked by Tash






















