As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find — Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
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As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find his parents during the night, but because he fears his parents will forget him - lose him - in the dark.

— Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
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