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“Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.”
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“There is no happier child than the one who is freed from the burden of too much power and who is able to rely on the competent authority and leadership of his effective parents.”
― Beth A. Grosshans, Beyond Time-Out: From Chaos to Calm

“We bridge the Gulf of Execution through the use of signifiers, constraints, mappings, and a conceptual model. We bridge the Gulf of Evaluation through the use of feedback and a conceptual model.”
― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

“Overconsumption leads to shame, which demands radical honesty and leads not to shunning, as we saw with destructive shame, but to acceptance and empathy, coupled with a set of required actions to make amends. The result is increased belonging and decreased consumption.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence