"no one had experiences any more, only traumas."

--

Source : Beryl Bainbridge (1967). “A Weekend with Claud”

Beryl Bainbridge

#Trauma Quotes #Exaggeration Quotes

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”
“The AvowalAs swimmers dareto lie face to the skyand water bears them,as hawks rest upon airand air sustains them;so would I learn to attain freefall, and floatinto Creator Spirit's deep embrace,knowing no effort earnsthat all-surrounding grace.”
“I wonder now whether inner coldness and desolation may not be the pre-condition for making the world believe, by a kind of fraudulent showmanship, that one's own wretched heart is still aglow.”

Source : W. G. Sebald (2016). “The Rings of Saturn”, p.51, New Directions Publishing
“I do not keep a diary. Never have. To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit.”
“From little pain you flinch away but great pain must be embraced.”

Source : Willa Gibbs (1953). “Seed of Mischief”
“When I compare myself and my opponents in other countries in the light of history, I do not fear the verdict on our respective mentalities.”
“And that's all right with me.”
“I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2013). “Freak The Mighty”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

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