Alice Miller, Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries Quotes
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.
A human being born into a cold, indifferent world will regard his situation as the only possible one.
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.