"Everyone's childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other
or can completely understand.
By this I don't know if I'm just giving up
with this conclusion or resigning myself - or maybe for the first time
connecting with reality.
How do we know the pain or another's earlier
years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a
lot of leeway is needed for the other - yet how much is unhealthy for
one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept - as much as
one can bear."
Marilyn Monroe's personal diaries in 1958.
