Fighting Freud Quotes

“And some part of me has always known that the love of a dog was something I needed, no less than I needed food in my belly or warm clothes in the winter. I am the end result of this pairwise coevolution of our ancestors, both human and wolf: I needed this love to survive.”
― Sophie Hicks, Fighting Freud: A memoir exploring anger, intergenerational trauma and narcissistic abuse

“Grandma hid that there’s a lick of Indian in us, a remnant of that prairie savage that suckles too hard on the taxpayer’s teat.”
― Sophie Hicks, Fighting Freud: A memoir exploring anger, intergenerational trauma and narcissistic abuse

“In my solitude, I am comforted—for I return to the earth, to the beat of time meant for all creatures. I am reminded of my impermanence, of my eventual return to the water, to the soil, to the trees. I am whole, I am complete, I am no longer segregated from my brothers and sisters in creation. They are me, I am them—bound by the same laws, genes, energy, and time. 


I am nothing; I am nature.”
― Sophie Hicks, Fighting Freud: A memoir exploring anger, intergenerational trauma and narcissistic abuse

“There are things we know in this world without explanation, like a sixth sense that ties us to all other living things—that root of our DNA from which we all share, which warns us and enlightens us. It informs us what death looks like, no matter what species we are. 


When my father fell asleep, I knew he had not died—not technically—but I knew he was gone.

He would never wake up.”
― Sophie Hicks, Fighting Freud: A memoir exploring anger, intergenerational trauma and narcissistic abuse