One can become overwhelmed on vacation—I have become so—by thinking thoughts that are too large. There is a condition identified in psychology textbooks as the Stendhal syndrome, also called, or related to, the Jerusalem syndrome, that describes a tourist's overwhelmed response to great works of art or to a sudden apprehension of scale, antiquity, multitude, death—the accompanying fear is of one's insignificance, but also of squandered opportunity.


Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography (2013)

Richard Rodriguez Quotes

One can become overwhelmed on vacation—I have become so—by thinking thoughts that are too large. There is a condition identified in psychology...

One can become overwhelmed on vacation—I have become so—by thinking thoughts that are too large. There is a condition identified in psychology...

One can become overwhelmed on vacation—I have become so—by thinking thoughts that are too large. There is a condition identified in psychology...

One can become overwhelmed on vacation—I have become so—by thinking thoughts that are too large. There is a condition identified in psychology...