“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the call of individuation. We must turn away from the cacaphony of the outerworld to hear the inner voice. When we can dare to live its promptings, then we achieve personhood. We may become strangers to those who thought they knew us, but at least we are no longer strangers to ourselves.” KnowsMayTurnsVoiceAnswersConsciousnessKnowingAchieveHeroComplexesDareStrangerHearingFinding YourselfInner VoiceBe True To YourselfLivelihoodListen To YourselfIndividuationPersonhood Book:The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife Source: The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
“I am a stranger to half measures. With life I am on the attack, restlessly ferreting out each pleasure, foraging for answers, wringing from it even the pain. I ransack life, hunt it down. I am the hungry peasants storming the palace gates. I will have my share. No matter how it tastes.” MatterPainAnswersPleasureHalfShareTasteStrangerHungryGatesIntensityAggressionHuntsPalacesPeasantsForagingHalf Measures Book:Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography Source: Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography
“I would rather be the child of a mother who has all the inner conflicts of the human being than be mothered by someone for whom all is easy and smooth, who knows all the answers, and is a stranger to doubt.” KnowsHumansChildrenMotherEasyHuman BeingsAnswersDoubtConflictStrangerSmoothInner Conflict Author:Donald Woods Winnicott
“Once, I ordered two thousand lady bugs from the local garden center and set them loose in the atrium. I sprinkled marigold seeds in the ficus planters and put gold fish in the lobby fountain. These are things I did with no consequences, no repercussions. My nineteen detentions were for smart answers and missed homework. There is no equivalent punishment for making the world a stranger place.” WorldTwoAnswersThousandSmartConsequenceGardenGoldFishesStrangerSeedsPunishmentLocalsFountainBugsHomeworkRepercussionsNineteenDetentionPlantersMarigolds Author:Brenna Yovanoff
“I believe that written stories will continue to survive because they answer an essential human need. I think movies might disappear before the novel disappears, because the novel is really one of the only places in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.” ThinkingWorldNeedsBelieveHumansTwoStoriesMightI BelieveTermAnswersNovelWrittenEssentialsAbsolutesStrangerDisappearIntimacyPlaces In The WorldHuman Needs Author:Jonathan Lethem
“I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.” WantMayLinesAnswersEmotionalFindingsStrangerPsychologicalCuriousBusPhysiologyBotany Author:Lydia Davis