"We all live in a tragicomic situation, a life that is in part absurd simply because it is not of our own making. We are born into a disordered world, into a family we did not choose, into circumstances we would have had somewhat improved, and we are even called by a name we did not select. (40)"

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Source : SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

Sheldon B. Kopp

#Names Quotes #World Quotes #Absurd Quotes

“I always want to be the best and if I can't, I don't want to run.”
“When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.”
“The left, liberals, believe that if we just have more gun control laws, all the problems are going to go away. Well, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think - yes, it will, it will be reduced. There's no question about that.”
“Do what you love doing.”

Source : Interview with Alan Cumming, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 7, 2010.
“Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
“Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring”
“Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling in love - staying in love takes longer and demands more work.”

Source : T. BERRY BRAZELTON, M.D. (1992). “TOUCHPOINTS THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE”
“Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him.”

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