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Lying on the Couch

Book by Irvin Yalom · 4 quotes · Formal Relationship, Impossible Love, Independence

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“It's almost impossible for those who have had an intimate relationship to return to a formal one.”

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“Do you remember how glad Gepetto was when Pinocchio first danced without strings?”

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“— Well, while I was trying to break away from Laura, the image of an amoeba that splits in two suddenly came to mind – something I hadn't thought about since my biology class in high school. I was like the two halves of the amoeba that separate piece by piece, until there is only a thin trickle left to bind us. And then a noise – a painful crackling – and we separated. I got out of bed, got dressed, looked at the clock, and thought, "Just fourteen hours until I'm going to be in bed with Laura again, holding us in my arms." And then I came here.”

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“How wonderful it was to be loved so much by that selfless and magnificent man. And how awful, unbearable – here Carol cried even louder – to never see him again, to lose him forever!”

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