“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
“Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.” PeopleWayHas BeensForceInterestSeeingProductsDetachment Author:Edward St Aubyn
