Petek Dindar

“Shame, in other words, is conservative in the fullest sense; it is there to conserve our privacy, to conserve ourselves as we would prefer to be seen; to conserve our belief that we can conceal ourselves. Because shame is what is felt when we fail to perform well enough (think of potential humiliation of the stand-up comic). If shame is always possible, performance is everything. Our capacity for shame is a horrifying reminder of what we believe our preferred self really is - and that there is one - however much of a strain it may be to sustain it.”
― Adam Phillips, Attention Seeking

“That’s the worst thing about grownups, I think – they can never admit that just once in their lives they’ve acted wrongly or irresponsibly. They’re so quick to judge others, but they never hold Judgement Day for themselves.”
― Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood

“She transformed herself into organic simplicity. And she’d figured out how to find in simple and honest things the grace of sin.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

“Fear is a habit like any other, and habits kill what is essential in ourselves.”
― Rachel Cusk, Second Place