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“They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“Great events turn on small hinges.”
― The Institute
― The Institute
“He was only twelve, and understood that his experience of the world was limited, but one thing he was quite sure of: when someone said trust me, they were usually lying through their teeth.”
― The Institute
― The Institute
“Four givens are particularly relevant for psycho-therapy: the inevitability of death for each of us and for those we love; the freedom to make our lives as we will; our ultimate aloneness; and, finally, the absence of any obvious meaning or sense to life.”
― Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
― Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
“Some people are wish-blocked, knowing neither what they feel nor what they want. Without opinions, without impulses, without inclinations, they become parasites on the desires of others.”
― Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
― Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
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