The only truly monogamous relationship is the one we have with ourselves.
Every marriage is a blind date that makes you wonder what the alternatives are to a blind date.
There's nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage.
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“People have relationships not because they want to feel safe—though they often think they do—but because they want to find out what the danger is.” — Adam Phillips, Monogamy https://t.co/5jAaB67ztI
novel: Hawk Mountain (Norton) "a dark bleak adrenaline rush" - Clive Barker • PEN/Faulkner Longlisted 2022 • podcast: Against Everyone With Conner Habib
@PollyHogleg Monogamy by Adam Phillips is a good one. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite looks long but reads quickly since there’s a lot of blank space on the pages. Kids books/Y/A are great
"Adam Phillips writes with far-sighted equanimity. . . . In this regard, he's a little like an Oliver Sacks of psychoanalysis, both affable and unalarmed." --The Boston Globe
"Phillips's reflections on monogamy are both discomforting and comforting." --The Washington Post Book World
"Playful, brilliant . . . profound . . . keeps us faithful to the last page."--The New York Observer