“That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.” ThinkingMenWantBelieveHandsYoungGrowsLossGrowing UpFiguresMysteriousYoung ManConfusingWomen Want Author:Chris Abani
“Ive inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed.” StatesMovingParentLossUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpGrowingBuilding Author:Jhumpa Lahiri
“Our ego ideal is precious to us because it repairs a loss of our earlier childhood, the loss of our image of self as perfect and whole, the loss of a major portion of our infantile, limitless, ain't-I-wonderful narcissism which we had to give up in the face of compelling reality. Modified and reshaped into ethical goals and moral standards and a vision of what at our finest we might be, our dream of perfection lives on--our lost narcissism lives on--in our ego ideal.” GivingSelfWholeDreamRealityMightFacesLostGoalLossPerfectMoralVisionGrowing UpWonderfulChildhoodEgoGiving UpMajorsStandardsIdealsPerfectionEthicalPortionsNarcissismCompellingFinestOur DreamsLimitlessInfantile Book:Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex Source: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex
“Perhaps this is an area where every generation starts from scratch. Although the crisis of the First World War inaugurated an especially strong period of disillusion with regard to the optimism of the previous age, the pattern has repeated itself in many ways in more recent times, e.g., the loss of faith in politics as a means of advancing human well-being. And perhaps this also has to do with basic elements in growing up.” WorldWayFirstsHumansWellsMeanWarAgeStrongLossGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsPeriodsElementsAreasOptimismRegardCrisisPatternsWell BeingWar Of The WorldsWorld War IScratchesAdvancingDisillusionFirst World WarLoss Of Faith Author:George Pattison
“I think living in the West, we live in a culture where everybody strives for perfection, whether it's in body, health, spirit, skin, hair, nails. Perfect happiness would be a constant state of bliss, which doesn't exist. Growing up and going through the loss I went through, I never had a moment where I believed a constant state of bliss was possible. Instead, I tried to create many moments. But, I didn't know how to get there. Because of what I went through, I have a natural tendency towards darkness. Though it may be in my DNA as well.” ThinkingMomentsSpiritCultureNaturalLossPerfectDarknessGrowing UpPerfectionSkinsStriveBlissStrife Author:Loung Ung
“I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.” WayHelpingLossGrowing UpGrowingSadnessLonelinessWeaponsHelp MeSongwritingLove And LossSadness And Loneliness Author:Taylor Swift
“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.” TimeLossGrowing UpAgingAnnoyedWisest Author:Dante Alighieri
“Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? Agatha would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a magnificent loss.” GirlGrowsLossBehindsGrowing UpChildhoodLeavingMagnificentLeaving It Behind Book:The Peach Keeper: A Novel Source: The Peach Keeper: A Novel