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“As for the goddess’s answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Achilles' eyes were bright in the firelight, his face drawn sharply by the flickering shadows. I would know it in dark or disguise, I told myself. I would know it even in madness.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Later, Achilles pressed close for a final, drowsy whisper. 'If you have to go, you know I will go with you.' We slept.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Early relational trauma results from the fact that we are often given more to experience in this life than we can bear to experience consciously. This problem has been around since the beginning of time, but it is especially acute in early childhood where, because of the immaturity of the psyche and/or brain, we are ill-equipped to metabolize our experience. An infant or young child who is abused, violated or seriously neglected by a caretaking adult is overwhelmed by intolerable affects that are impossible for it to metabolize, much less understand or even think about.”
― Trauma and the Soul: A Psycho-Spiritual Approach to Human Development and Its Interruption
― Trauma and the Soul: A Psycho-Spiritual Approach to Human Development and Its Interruption
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