I've got to stop getting obsessed with human beings and fall in love with a chair. Chairs have everything human beings have to offer, and less, which is obviously what I need. Less emotional feedback, less warmth, less approval, less patience and less response. The less the merrier. Chairs it is. I must furnish my heart with feelings for furniture.
Interpretation
The quote humorously suggests that a deep emotional connection with inanimate objects can be less complicated than with humans.
In this quote, Carrie Fisher reflects on the complexities and emotional challenges that arise from human relationships. By humorously stating that she would prefer to love a chair over a person, she emphasizes the desire for simplicity and the avoidance of emotional turmoil that often comes with interpersonal connections. This whimsical notion points to a longing for emotional stability and the idea that sometimes detachment from human emotions might seem preferable.
In practice
This quote could be used to lighten the mood in a relationship counseling session.
I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that.
Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.
I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.
There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming.
You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!
I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.
Sometimes, we get numb to the fact that people get sent away. We don't see where they are; we say they are 'doing time,' and you really don't know what that is.
Some people insist they've never met a gay person. But Three Degrees of Jason Collins dictates that no NBA player can claim that anymore. Pro basketball is a family. And pretty much every family I know has a brother, sister or cousin who's gay. In the brotherhood of the NBA, I just happen to be the one who's out.
If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him.
My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable
Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.
Their quarrel was no more surprising than are most quarrels — inevitable at the time, incredible afterwards.
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