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we live with a quiet, often unspoken tension- the aching desire to be truly seen, understood and accepted , yet simultaneously, the impulse to hide, to hold back, to keep parts of ourselves locked away from others’ eyes.
the paradox of craving to be seen but fearing being known
IT is not only our hatred of others that is dangerous but also and above all our hatred of ourselves: particularly that hatred of ourselves which is too deep and too powerful to be consciously faced. For it is this which makes us see our own evil in others and unable to see it in ourselves.
Thomas Merton • New Seeds of Contemplation
the illness was not just my own; the silence around suffering was our society’s pathology.
Meghan O'Rourke • The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
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