"How thrilling to discover one had depths, how consoling to find them less polluted than the shallows, how encouraging to identify the enemy not as a fissure in the will but as a dead fetus in the specimen jar of the unconscious. My attention was being paternally led away from the excruciating present to the happy, healthy future that would be enabled by an analysis of the sick past, as though the priest had nothing to do but study old books and make bright forecasts, the present not worthy of notice."

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Source : "A Boy's Own Story". Book by Edmund White, 1982.

Edmund White

#Book Quotes #Past Quotes #Sick Quotes

“Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.”
“Freedom and security are precious gifts that we, as Americans, should never take for granted. We must do all we can to extend our hand in times of need to those who willingly sacrifice each day to provide that freedom and security. While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.”
“Disease is a dynamic process. It has a beginning - slow or sudden - develops, reaches in many cases an acme, and ends in recovery or death.”

Source : Civilisation and Disease p. 196. Phoenix Books, New York (1962)
“I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer and taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.”
“The depth of our love can be measured by our efforts. We demonstrate our love when we take that extra step...”

Source : Harville Hendrix, Helen Hunt (1994). “Couples Companion: Meditations & Exercises for Getting the Love You Want: A Workbook for Couples”, p.93, Simon and Schuster
“Don't think. Believe. Trust your heart, not your brain. Don't think. Feel. Believe.”
“The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three.”
“Hope is a dream deferred.”

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