Joyce

“we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means we have of knowing what hurts us and why.”
― Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

“There cannot be change without loss”
― Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

“Being loved is the problem, because love is a demand - when you're loved, someone wants more of you.”
― Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby