"That probably greatest of narcissistic wounds -- not to have been loved just as one truly was -- cannot heal without the work of mourning."

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Source : Alice Miller (1981). “Prisoners of Childhood”, New York : Basic Books

Alice Miller

#Mourning Quotes #Narcissistic Quotes #Heal Quotes

“I was like one of those people who is allergic to the twentieth century... I'd been brought up to think there was some order to things, but there was no safety net. Doctors accused me of being mad.”
“The prospect of Hillary Clinton not winning the presidency opens up a vast dark hole, an unknown, beyond which it is impossible to know what would happen to race relations or anything else we, as a county, want to improve. It has surprised me that Trump has done so well. I used to think the clamor for Trump was simply part of the rightwing backlash against eight years of President Obama. But perhaps it is that and more than that. There is a lot of suspicion, fear, mistrust, anger and hatred out there.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted.”
“If I were dictator, I'd have a catch-all crime of disrespect.”

Source : "A break in the clouds" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2006.
“I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.”
“Do you think we should drive a stake through his heart just in case?”

Source : "Biography / Trivia". www.imdb.com.
“While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died, not just those fallen in service to our country.”
“How did her life live itself without her.”

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