The whole notion of sanity may be an attempt to medicalize morality - to speak of the good in the language of… — Adam Phillips Accurate Copy Share Image
Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood. — Adam Phillips Adulthood Copy Share Image
“The tickling narrative, unlike the sexual narrative, has no climax. Is the tickling scene, at its most reassuring, not a unique representation… — Adam Phillips Desire Copy Share Image
“Greed is a way of avoiding making choices: if I have everything I don't have to choose what I want. And choosing… — Adam Phillips Greed Copy Share Image
Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum. — Adam Phillips Minimum Copy Share Image