“Of course, my mother is her own person. Of course, she contains multitudes. She reacts in ways that surprise me, in part, simply because she isn't me. I forget this and relearn it anew because it's a lesson that doesn't, that can't, stick. I know her only as she is defined against me, so when I see her as herself, like when she gets catcalled on the street, there's dissonance…” MotherIdentityMothers And DaughtersThe OtherCatcallingThe Other In The Self Book:Transcendent Kingdom Source: Transcendent Kingdom
“When this ultimate crisis comes... when there is no way out - that is the very moment when we explode from within and the totally other emerges: the sudden surfacing of a strength, a security of unknown origin, welling up from beyond reason, rational expectation, and hope.” RenewalResurgenceRock BottomThe Other In The Self Author:Émile Durkheim