Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders.
To grow up is to discover what one is unequal to. - Adam Phillips
To grow up is to discover what one is unequal to.
- Adam Phillips
Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical. - Adam Phillips
Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
The past influences everything and dictates nothing. - Adam Phillips
The past influences everything and dictates nothing.
Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves. - Adam Phillips
Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.
There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs - Adam Phillips
There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs
The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred. - Adam Phillips
The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.
Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood. - Adam Phillips
Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood.
Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum. - Adam Phillips
Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.
People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or… - Adam Phillips
People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or…
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