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The second hugely seductive move is to signal that we view the other person with a mixture of tenderness and realism. It’s often imagined that it’ll b...more

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To appreciate life's small moments, it helps to have a sense the whole can never be made perfect.

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Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

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Failure is becoming someone who needs others to fail.

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Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

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We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wi...more

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We are never through with the requirement for acceptance. This isn't a curse limited to the inadequate and the weak. Insecurity may even be a peculiar...more

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If we were entirely sane, if madness did not have a serious grip on one side of us, other people's tragedies would hold a great deal less interest for...more

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For the rest of history, for most of us, our bright promise will always fall short of being actualised; it will never earn us bountiful sums of money ...more