“Basically, my work is play. It never actually feels that way - I'm always aiming to attain that state. But I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.” WayFeelsChildrenStatesPlayFun Author:Alison Bechdel
“It certainly was an important moment for me, that realization that I was not going to get what I wanted. It was very freeing. I keep using that word "freeing" or "liberating." I feel like Houdini sometimes, like I'm just getting out of one set of shackles after another, hanging upside down inside a burlap bag with handcuffs on. Hopefully one day, I'm going to get out of this tank of water.” FeelsImportantSometimesMomentsWantedWaterOne DayRealizationHopefullyBagsLiberatingTanksUpside DownShacklesHandcuffsImportant MomentsHoudiniBurlap Author:Alison Bechdel
“In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her.” MenFeelsPersonsIdeasDifferentBeautifulFallGirlEnergyFalling In LoveObjectivesNarcissisticShe Is Beautiful Author:Alison Bechdel
