“Naturally, our own irrational demands strike us as having the force of needs, while other people's needs strike us as capricious indulgences.” PeopleNeedsForceDemandStrikesIrrationalIndulgenceCapricious Book:The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags Source: The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags
“I see depression as an exponentially developed version of a human condition. Meaning I always think in the end it's humanizing. People who never suffer from depression I find suspect. I assume Donald Trump is not a sufferer from depression.” PeopleThinkingSufferingAssumingHuman Condition Author:Daphne Merkin
“I always look to people and think whether they seem well-loved or not well-loved. That's one way I walk through life. Do they have some core that withstands the ravages? Everyone gets pulled down in life and has good moments. But it always interests me how people withstand things.” PeopleThinkingMomentsInterest Author:Daphne Merkin
“How much simpler it would be all around if you could put your mind in a cast, like a broken ankle, and elicit murmurings of sympathy from other people instead of skepticism (“You can’t really be feeling as bad as all that”) and in some cases outright hostility (“Maybe if you stopped thinking about yourself so much ”).” PeopleIfsThinkingMindFeelingsWould BeCasesBrokenCastsAbout YourselfSkepticismHostilityAnklesThinking About YouMurmuringThinking About Yourself Author:Daphne Merkin
“It might pay to be resilient, if this was all being vulnerable and skinless got you. People didn’t stop and cluck over damage done unless you made it worth their while. Indeed, maybe it was time to rethink this whole salvation business. Or maybe I was less desperate, less teetering on the edge than I cared to admit. Now, that was a refreshing possibility.” PeopleIfsMadeDoneWholeMightPayPossibilitySalvationEdgesVulnerableMade ItDamageDesperateResilientRefreshing Author:Daphne Merkin
