Esther Perel Quotes

On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant fear, but we can't live without any. The fear of loss is essential to love.

Esther Perel

• Passion
• Security
• Loss
• Illusion
• Trade
• Degrees
• Constant
• Trading

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• The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.

  

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• I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.

  

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• When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.

  

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• On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant fear, but we can't live without any. The fear of loss is essential to love.

  

  Esther Perel
  • Passion
  • Security
  • Loss