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“And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.”
― Raymond Carver

“discovered that she could respect some of his traits without becoming him. And she could be attracted to some”
― Connie Zweig, Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

“one day, the rejected parent, like the banished soul child, returns in the sound of our own heartbeat, announcing that it’s time for shadow-work. These are the first steps in re-mothering and re-fathering ourselves, separating out our identities from those of our parents, from our inner parents’ voices, and from the larger cultural and archetypal influences. Only then can we provide ourselves as adults with those essential qualities and authentic feelings that we may have missed as children and that will nourish our souls.”
― Connie Zweig, Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

“Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from”
― Connie Zweig, Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life