Boys Quote by Pico Iyer

When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and…

— Pico Iyer

“Why does it always seem that I have only the shadow of my father? I'm like a child constantly grabbing at his coattails and…

— Libba Bray

“Our shadow is simultaneously our past and "inner child," representing the essence of our vulnerability, creativity, and emotional core shaped by our experiences. It…

— Erik Pevernagie

I have faced a lot of people who said that I would always be in my father's shadow. I just take that, and I…

— Timothy Weah

If shadows were caused by the interplay between light and Life, a child's was still forming. An adult's was inextricably bound to his body,…

— Anne Ursu

“Developing our “true” self requires us to know, accept, and integrate all parts of our selves, including our Shadow elements.”

— Beatrice Chestnut

“Every father knows the disconcerting when you see your child as a weird, distorted double of yourself. It is as if for a moment…

— William Landay

Shadow-making happens in families and makes us who we are. It leads to shadow-work, which makes us who we can become.

— Connie Zweig

When I was a kid, I was told that I had a biological father, but that he didn't have much importance. I had an…

— Melissa Febos

“You ask how it is possible to be your own father and son. You should seek answers, although it is better to anticipate some,…

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Next to me was Jacob, this riddle Laurie and I had made. His size, his resemblance to me, the likelihood that he would fill…

— William Landay

When the father dies, he writes, the son becomes his own father and his own son. He looks at is son and sees himself…

— Paul Auster