Jareth Zheng

“When my hands can no longer make these hammers and strings play for you, my heart will always sing to you.”
― Karen Quan, Write like no one is reading 2

“Perfectionism is the unparalleled defense for emotionally abandoned children. The existential unattainability of perfection saves the child from giving up, unless or until, scant success forces him to retreat into the depression of a dissociative disorder, or launches him hyperactively into an incipient conduct disorder. Perfectionism also provides a sense of meaning and direction for the powerless and unsupported child. In the guise of self-control, striving to be perfect offers a simulacrum of a sense of control. Self-control is also safer to pursue because abandoning parents typically reserve their severest punishment for children who are vocal about their negligence.”
― Pete Walker

“If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.”
― Alan Rickman, not a book [DVD]

“They didn’t warn me that heartache doesn’t always have someone to blame. Sometimes it’s no one’s fault (it’s probably all mine).”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts