children are more vulnerable to trauma than adults; I knew this from Seymour Levine’s work and the work of dozens of others by then. Resilient children are made, not born. The developing brain is most malleable and most sensitive to
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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Storm of the Century
― Storm of the Century
“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― 1984
― 1984
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“El conocimiento es, por ende, parte de la vida misma de todo organismo, ya que es la manera que este posee de insertarse, ordenar y orientarse en su ambiente. No hay vida sin conocimiento.”
― Conocimiento & complejidad. Una perspectiva evolucionista
― Conocimiento & complejidad. Una perspectiva evolucionista
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