Quotes by Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body

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“As adults, we hvae many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity or of childishness. The person who is afraid to cry is afraid of pleasure. This is because...”
— Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body
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“It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who is crying which enables him to relax and makes further crying unnecessary; but to humiliate...”
— Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body
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