Alexandra B

“Follow your envy - it shows you what you want.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Above all, I didn't want to fall into the trap that Buddhists call idiot compassion - an apt phrase, given John's worldview. In idiot compassion, you avoid rocking the boat to spare people's feelings, even though the boat needs rocking and your compassion ends up being more harmful than your honesty. People do this with teenagers, spouses, addicts, even themselves. Its opposite is wise compassion, which means caring about the person but also giving him or her a loving truth bomb when needed.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Hiraeth. It`s Welsh. Means, `a longing for a place or time that`s lost or inaccessible.` I used to feel it all the time, and I didn`t know why. Books came closest to scratching that itch.”
― Isla Jewell, Books & Bewitchment

“Idealuri? Idealurile sunt in cultura, in aer. Le inspiri. Toti printre care am crescut au inhalat aceleasi idealuri. Toti voiam sa iesim din ghetou, sa crestem in lume, sa avem succese, bogatie, respectabilitate. Asta voia toata lumea! Nici unul n-a stat sa-si aleaga deliberat idealurile - ele se aflau acolo, pur si simplu, consecinte naturale ale epocii, ale poporului meu, ale familiei mele. ... - Dar n-au fost destul de solide, Josef. Probabil ar putea fi destul de solide pentru unii, pentru cei care nu vad prea departe, pentru alergătorii inceti. Dar tu, ca si mine, ai vederea buna. Ai privit prea departe in viata.”
― Yalom D. Irvin - Plansul lui Nietzsche