“The problem with growing up fearing and expecting rejection is that you cannot enter into adult relationship in the expectation of happiness.” — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to… — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer. — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
If you believe that you are bad and unacceptable, you are unable to look back at your past with pleasure or your future with… — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
“...for if we try to go on protecting them we prevent them from growing up to be ordinary, confident adults, capable of looking after… — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
“ 'Not spoiling' a child means trying to break that child's spirit. ” — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
When a depressed person shrinks away from your touch it does not mean he is rejecting you. Rather he is protecting you from the… — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
However, when we are depressed, being reminded of other people's suffering only serves to increase our self-hatred. — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty. — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
You will have no peace until you have discovered how to forgive yourself, to forgive other people and let them forgive you. — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
“The problem with growing up fearing and expecting rejection is that you cannot enter into adult relationship in the expectation of happiness.” — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
