Anh Han

“To survive painful beliefs and feelings, we often mask them with anger. That way, we don’t have to feel the shame behind it.”
― Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book about Relationships

“In the dance of infatuation, we see others not as they are, but as projections of who we want them to be. And we impose on them all the imaginary criteria we think will fill the void in our hearts.”
― Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships

“I used to think that a good relationship meant always getting along. But the secret, I realize, is that when one person shuts down or throws a fit, the other needs to stay in the adult ego state. If both people descend to the wounded child or adapted adolescent, that's when all forces of relationship drama and destruction are unleashed.”
― Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships

“The person who is too smart to love is truly an idiot.”
― Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships