RGS

“A child who is raised by a mirroring, available mother will develop a healthy self-feeling.”
― Everest Media, Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child

“The grandiose person is never really free, because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others and because his self-respect is dependent on qualities, functions, and achievements that can suddenly fail. #8 Grandiosity and depression are often seen together in patients. Grandiosity is the false self, and depression is the void that is created when the false self breaks down. The former child no longer exists, and the former parents are now old and dependent. #9 Grandiosity and depression are similar in that they are both a result of the loss of a potential true self. They are also similar in that they are both a result of the denial of the emotional world of a person’s childhood.”
― Everest Media, Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child

“There were walkers everywhere. Some, of course, may have been walking to their cars, having been forced to park some distance away from where they really wanted to be. Some may have walked unwillingly because they were simply too poor to own a car, because they had lousy jobs or were freshly immigrated, or both. Some of the walkers were homeless, pushing shopping carts full of recyclables. A few were simply mad. I joined them. I became an L.A. walker.”
― Geoff Nicholson, The Lost Art of Walking

“The need to be taken seriously is an important prerequisite for the healthy development of a child.”
― Everest Media, Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child