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Was I the only one who could not tell the difference between a life in bondage and death?
“When our partner is unable to meet our basic attachment needs, we experience a chronic sense of disquiet and tension that leaves us more exposed to various ailments. Not only is our emotional well-being sacrificed when we are in a romantic partnership with someone who doesn’t provide a secure base, but so is our physical health.”
― Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
― Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
“But the problem with rules, he reflected, was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When, in fact, most of the time there were simply ways, none of them quite wrong or quite right, and nothing to tell you for sure which side of the line you stood on.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“America, while you were asleep another woman mourned her dead black lover’s bullet-ridden body, as his baby cried for her father’s life.”
― Questions for Ada
― Questions for Ada
“I’d never been to Colombia. Yet in a way, I felt like I’d gone a dozen times. That’s because my parents kept Eric and me connected to their homeland. They played the music, prepared the foods, told us stories from their childhoods.”
― In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
― In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
“I once heard an artist say that when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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