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“The increasingly thoughtful child can see the whole horribly upset world and would be understandably totally bewildered and deeply troubled by it”
― Jeremy Griffith, FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition

“We humans have cooperative, selfless and loving moral instincts, the voice or expression of which we call our conscience—which is the complete opposite of competitive, selfish and aggressive instincts. As Charles Darwin said, "The moral sense… affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.”
― Jeremy Griffith, FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition

“We can transition from being victims of the human condition to becoming secure, sound, effective managers of our world”
― Jeremy Griffith, FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition

“We all intuitively know that a mother's love is crucial to the creation of a well-adjusted human and that we are all born with an instinctive expectation of receiving unconditionally selfless love from our mother.”
― Jeremy Griffith

“Love is unconditional selflessness”
― Jeremy Griffith, FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
― Roald Dahl

“Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
― Roald Dahl

“I do not believe you can have it all, or at least not at the same time in life. First of all, having is a possessive word. When we focus on having a baby, having a marriage, having a great and successful job, and having lots of material stuff we have lost touch with the most important part of life: being. Having a successful career and making lots of money that allows you to buy more stuff doesn’t help you to be more present for the ones we love: children, spouses, family, and friends. Intimacy requires time; giving up your role as a primary caregiver comes with sacrificing physical and emotional intimacy with your child.”
― Erica Komisar, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

“Every relationship and every job has boring moments. However, when a woman’s overwhelming feeling when she is with her child is disinterest or boredom, it is a sign of difficulty in the mother–child relationship. If”
― Erica Komisar, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

“I have always believed that part of our strength as women is in being more nurturing, empathic, more sensitive emotionally, and more attuned to the nuances of relationships than most men. There has been a new call for women to be leaders in the corporate world, in business, and in politics, but our strength as leaders begins at home with our ability to feel for and nurture our own children.”
― Erica Komisar, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters