“the anxiety arising from the perpetual activity of the death instinct, though never eliminated, is counteracted and kept at bay by the power of the life instinct.” ActivityAnxietyInstinctLife And DeathPerpetual Book:Envy and Gratitude Source: Envy and Gratitude
“It is an essential part of the interpretive work that it should keep in step with fluctuations between love and hatred, between happiness and satisfaction on the one hand and persecutory anxiety and depression on the other.” ShouldHandsStepsEssentialsAnxietyHatredSatisfactionFluctuationHatred And Love Book:Selected Melanie Klein Source: Selected Melanie Klein
