“It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I wasn't. Things were said, but via the language of action.” PeopleFeelsSaidActionLanguageDadMy FamilyMy DadTherapy Author:Leigh Newman
“The reason I could fit in with so many different kinds of people was that I had no self. And then the problem is, if you don't have a self, how can you be with other people? Who the hell are you with them?” PeopleIfsKindDifferentSelfReasonProblemHellFitDifferent Kinds Author:Leigh Newman
“I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow really early and have to learn how to take care of themselves. They have trouble hinging their lives with anybody else.” PeopleThinkingSelfCareGrowsCasesWonderfulTroubleTake CareSelf RelianceExileRelianceUncommon Author:Leigh Newman
“I've managed to create intimacy with people I know, and people that I don't know. The longer things stay inside of us, the more we think they are black or tainted, but they're really not.” PeopleThinkingBlackIntimacy Author:Leigh Newman
