"only a thin partition separates the psychically normal from the diseased."

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Source : Helene Deutsch (1973). “Confrontations with Myself: An Epilogue”, W. W. Norton

Helene Deutsch

#Psychology Quotes #Normal Quotes #Partition Quotes

“Maturity is produced through relationships and community.”
“I used to think most Democrats in Congress who voted for [ObamaCare] really believed they were doing something good for the poor and the middle class. Now I wonder. It's crystal clear that just about everything President Barack Obama promised about his health plan was false, his deception deliberate. If Democrats really cared for the people harmed by the law, you'd think they'd admit their mistake, try to fix it. They haven't.”
“I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.”

Source : Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.
“The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humor was the real salt in them.”
“Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors.”
“God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy.”
“The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.”
“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!”

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