“Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the ones who won't drink too much, give up, get divorced, become mentally ill. The part of oneself that's fighting against decay and depression is transferred to guarding them from decay and depression. In the meantime one decays and gets depressed.” WayGivingWellsChildrenWholeFightingToo MuchDrinkGiving UpIllOneselfSubtleDecayDivorcedMentally IllGuardingPostponement Author:Edward St Aubyn
“Irony is the hardest addiction of all. Forget heroin. Just try giving up irony, the deep-down need to mean two things at once, to be in two places at once, not to be there for the catastrophe of a fixed meaning.” NeedsGivingTryingMeanTwoForgetGiving UpAddictionHardestIronyFixedTwo ThingsCatastropheDeep DownHeroin Author:Edward St Aubyn
