"We have been taught to wish for it, but the wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be the way we hang on, as adults , to our grudge against our mothers; the way we never let our mothers off the hook for their not meeting our every need. Wanting to be understood, as adults, can be our most violent form of nostalgia."

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Source : "Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life".

Adam Phillips

#Mother Quotes #Psychology Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“No person who has not spent a period of his life in those 'stark and sullen solitudes that sentinel the Pole' will understand fully what trees and flowers, sun-flecked turf and running streams mean to the soul of a man”

Source : Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1909). “The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909”
“Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.”
“I opted for the rear door, both as a courtesy and so she couldn't freak out about me showing up on her front doorstep for all of East Falls to see. Being the village pariah does make social calls most trying. -Paige”
“I would love to have a complete family. I'd love to do it all at once. I'd love to be able to give to my children what my parents were able to give to me. And if I'm blessed to be able to do that, fantastic. If I'm not, then life goes on. You have to do the best you can. I do think we have to bring the family back; I do.”
“When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!”
“Don't wait for miracles. Your whole life is a miracle. Live it up and dare to leave an impact. There is no rehearsal.”
“Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?”
“Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.”

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