Coddling Quotes

“You don't have to use your powers, Vi,' Dain starts, his voice soft and comforting.

'Stop. Fucking. Coddling. Her.' Xaden bites out every word at Dain. 'She is not a child. She's a full-grown woman. A rider. Start treating her like one and at least have the decency to give her the truth.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Feelings are always compelling but not always reliable. Often they distort reality, deprive us of insight and needlessly damage our relationships. Happiness, maturity and even enlightenment require rejecting the untruth of emotional reasoning and learning instead to question our feelings.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure