“ Being loved is the problem, because love is a demand - when you're loved, someone wants more of you. ”
A lot of people, especially psychoanalysts, assume that happiness can only be found in a couple - but not all of us are made for a relationship.
~ Stephen Grosz
we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means we have of knowing what hurts us and why.
For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone.
As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find his parents during the night, but because he fears his parents will forget him - lose him - in the dark.