P 17 Quotes

“The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments.”
― Csikszentmihaly

“Do not think that this little one cannot understand. Babes know more than we imagine; they cannot speak their minds, and so we believe they do not think.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon

“Ze had een hekel aan die anonieme hotelkamers waar zoveel mensen waren geweest zonder sporen achter te laten, waar zij zelf ook geen enkel spoor zou achterlaten. Alles blijft precies hetzelfde als ik er niet meer ben. Dat is wat doodgaan is, dacht ze.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, All Men Are Mortal

“Nurse Spencer came back without tea. One look at her and I knew she had bad news.
‘Oh lord,’ she said, closing the curtain behind her. ‘Maybe you weren’t so lucky after all.’
I wanted to pull the covers up and hide, then she might go away and take her awful news with her. But I couldn’t bear not to know, either. ‘It’s not my brother? Or…’ I gulped. ‘My sister?’
‘It’s your mother. A bomb landed on the building where she was last night.’
The ringing sound was back in my ears; I wasn’t sure I’d heard her properly. ‘My mother?’
‘Yes, it was a direct hit. You mustn’t think that she suffered.’
She probably said this to every relative, every time, which I supposed was nice of her. The words, though, didn’t sink in.”
― Emma Carroll, Letters from the Lighthouse

“Tous les travailleurs de l'industrie et des bureaux sont des employés et subissent donc une forme de surveillance qui garantit leur servilité.”
― Bob Black, Travailler, moi ? Jamais !