"Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created."

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Source : Helene Deutsch (1958). “The Psychology of Women”

Helene Deutsch

#Maturity Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Ties Quotes

“A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any conflict the boundaries of behavior are defined by the party that cares the least about morality.”
“I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you." He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.”

Source : Maya Banks (2011). “Hidden Away”, p.51, Penguin
“The handful of corporations that own most of the media outlets have an interest in reflecting establishment views.”
“A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.”
“We spend a lot of time bickering at great cost, and very little time actually coming up with solutions. And I think we misuse our ambition for our own gains and rarely for the betterment of ourselves, and people around us and our environment. And I think that's sort of pathetic and desperate.”
“I thought... their elegance... lies not so much in their clothes as in their bodies, and their bodies have received it, and continue to unceasingly receive it, from their souls, which are just like yours, lovely Simonetta.”
“With thought comprising a non-computational element, computers can never do what we human beings can.”
“The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke.”

Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “Snow Country”, p.66, Vintage

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