Judith Viorst - We cannot love others as others unless we possess s

We cannot love others as others unless we possess suficient self-love, a love we learn from being loved in infancy.

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Viorst, Judith. Necessary Losses. Simon & Schuster, 1986, p. 51.

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About the Author

Judith Viorst

Born: February 2, 1931
Nationality: American
Profession: Author

Biography

Judith Viorst is an American writer, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher. She is known for her humorous observational poetry and for her children's literature. This includes The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about the death of a pet) and the Alexander series of short picture books, which includes Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972), which has sold over two million copies.

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