“Nature doesn’t see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That’s the beautiful simplicity of evolution. It matches design to environment.”
― Pines
― Pines
“In some environments, safety and truth are natural born enemies. I would think a former employee of the federal government could grasp that concept.”
― Wayward
― Wayward
“An explosive outburst—like other forms of maladaptive behavior—occurs when the cognitive demands being placed upon a person outstrip that person’s capacity to respond adaptively.”
― The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
― The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
“If the only time a child looks as if he has bipolar disorder is when he’s frustrated, that’s not bipolar disorder; that’s a learning disability in the domains of flexibility and frustration tolerance.”
― The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
― The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
“He did it because he liked it. Still does. Dr. Lecter is not crazy, in any common way we think of being crazy. He did some hideous things because he enjoyed them. But he can function perfectly when he wants to.”
― Red Dragon
― Red Dragon
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