Carl Whitaker

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There are no individuals in the world only fragments of families
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: World
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Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves.
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Struggle
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Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Thinking
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I have a theory that theories are destructive.
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Theory
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When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce.
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Family
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Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without pain is an addiction and the fantasy of perpetual happiness is like the "delusion of fusion."
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Pain
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If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Missionary Zeal
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As much as I would miss my wife if she were to die, I would miss what we are together even more. Our "we-ness," our "us-ness."
- Carl Whitaker
Collection: Marriage