“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Let people realize clearly that every time they threaten someone or humiliate or unnecessarily hurt or dominate or reject another human being, they become forces for the creation of psychopathology, even if these be small forces. Let them recognize that every person who is kind, helpful, decent, psychologically democratic, affectionate, and warm, is a psychotheraputic force, even though a small one.”
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