"Most children would rather preserve the fantasy of a loving connection with their fathers and mothers, at all costs, even if it costs them their self-esteem. When you're three or seven years old, it's less frightening to think of yourself as an unlovable, disappointing screwup than to recognize the fact that you're living with a monster."

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Source : Keith Ablow (2015). “Compulsion”, p.299, Pan Macmillan

Keith Ablow

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes

“I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.”
“When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.”
“The bottom had arrived. She crashed against it, but it brought no sense of closure or understanding. She just lay there at the bottom looking up. She knew there must be a very tiny circle of light up there somewhere, but just now she couldnâ€™t see it.”
“When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.”
“I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.”
“If McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Clemens an innocent victim. If Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and has smeared McNamee. I don't think there's anything in between.”
“Morality is a personal matter.”
“The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible.”

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