“Even if things didn’t always go the way they should, sometimes they went exactly where they needed to.”
― Eight Hundred Grapes
― Eight Hundred Grapes
“the despair displayed by young children on loss of their mother is a normal response to frustration of their absolute need for her presence ... children usually manage to survive, it is true, but at the cost of developing a defensive attitude to emotional detachment, and by becoming self-absorbed and self-reliant to an unusual degree. Typically, they are left with lasting doubts about their capacity to elicit care and affection.”
― Jung: A Very Short Introduction
― Jung: A Very Short Introduction
“يأسرني أولئك الذين يحبون بلا خوف من العواقب، وينفعلون بلا حيطة، ويكرهون ويحبون بلا تعقل، وأنظر بإعجاب إلى المشاعر البسيطة وإلى السلوك الذي لا يأبه بالمضاعفات.”
― I, Fellini
― I, Fellini
“كلمة الحق هي أني أرى بعضًا من الاختلاف بين الطغاة، ولكني لا أرى اختيارًا بينهم؛ لأن الطرق التي يستولون بها على زمام الحكم لا تكاد تختلف: فمن انتخبهم الشعب يعاملونه كأنه ثور يجب تذليله، والغزاة كأنه فريستهم، والوارثون كأنه قطيع من العبيد امتلكوه امتلاكًا طبيعيًا.”
― The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude
― The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude
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