Winnicott wasn’t saying this because he liked to settle for second-best, but because he knew, from first hand, the toll exacted by perfectionism - and realised that in order to remain more or less sane (which is a pretty big ambition already) we have to learn not to hate ourselves for failing to be what no ordinary human being ever really is anyway.

Winnicott

會這麼說，並不是因為他喜歡退而求其次，而是因為他知道，完美主義所需付出的代價，還有了解到為保持一定的健康心態（其實這已經是很大的企圖心），我們必須學習不去討厭未能成為不平凡者的自己。