6 quotes found
“A human being born into a cold, indifferent world will regard his situation as the only possible one.”
“Not to take one's own suffering seriously, to make light of it or even to laugh at it, is considered good manners in our culture.”
“Cruelty is the opposite of love, and its traumatic effect, far from being reduced, is actually reinforced if it is presented as a sign of love.”
“The public forum is not, of course, the most helpful place to conduct a profitable confrontation with one's parents. If we are to allow the feelings of childhood to be revived, we need an enlighten...”
“To forget and to repress would be a good solution if there were no more to it than that. But repressed pain blocks emotional life and leads to physical symptoms. And the worst thing is that althoug...”
“Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with the uncovering of the complete truth as it affects all those invol...”
