“He found it very difficult to acknowledge that the pattern of false idealization, ambivalence, rejection and abandonment was set up inside himself and projected onto every woman het met.”
Source: Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
“Our mythology is full of heroic adventures—mountains climbed, ogres fought, dragons defeated—but it takes even more courage for a man to speak his emotional truths.”
Source: Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
“The greatest changes do hurt the most.”
Source: First Face - A Ness Prequel Short Story
“He liked it when things were unpredictable, even downright chaotic at times. Order might be comfortable, but chaos provoked change, and change provided opportunities. Change was unpredictable, messy, and at times dangerous, but as far as he was concerned it was the only reliable way to move forward in life.”
Source: Alien: Prototype
“History has always been won by a slim margin: a few votes, one “yes”, or the first “no more”.”
Source: 5 Ideas from Global Diplomacy: System-wide Transformation Methods to Close the Compliance Gap and Advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
“And Cleric Thien had always said that change hurt, but it was bearable if you watched it; if you accepted it and knew that it was always coming.”
Source: Mammoths at the Gates
“Because growing up, growing older was always a kind of loss - even if what was gained repaid it all and then some.”
Source: Mammoths at the Gates
“It's going to take us all
having a strong constitution
to withstand the necessary pressures
on our constitution
to change
while the ideals and principles at the heart of it
hold.
Can we do it?
We shall see.
But we won't have much of a democracy
any other way.”
“Every day we stand poised on the razor's edge of consciously suffering the world's wound. How great the temptation to hide in a cave or to sink into some comforting arms. Each morning the grinning gremlins of fear and lethargy return. It does not matter how boldly we sallied forth yesterday; they are back today and, not satisfied to nibble our toes, will gobble our souls if we let them. Thus, we have evolved elaborate ways to avoid the pain of further consciousness.”
Source: Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
“The power of the invisible, ineluctable energy of the unconscious, is clearly seen in Joseph's dilemma. He had seen Her, his mother's, disappearing back, and from that single traumatic event had concluded that he could not count on Her.”
Source: Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men