Quotes by : Stephen Grosz

Being loved is the problem, because love is a demand - when you're loved, someone wants more of you.

Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this....

Pyschoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive....

When I'm in a couple, I feel I'm disappearing, dying - losing my mind.

For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone.

we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means....

A lot of people, especially psychoanalysts, assume that happiness can only be found in a couple - but....

Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief.

As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants....

The bigger the front, the bigger the back.