David

“For this reason, our adult relationships have a strong tendency toward repetition of early family-of-origin dynamics.”
― James Hollis, Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves

“Paradoxically, our ability to see something of the Shadow within ourselves sharpens our capacity to recognize shadowy actions around us.”
― James Hollis, Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves

“She seemed, that evening, to combine together everything that was attractive about maturity.”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile

“Generally speaking, people are drawn toward intimate relationships either because they are opposites who will compensate each other, or because they are complementary, which means that not only their conscious likes and dislikes line up, but their complexes as well.”
― James Hollis, Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves