“What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the point of pure hysteria; I never liked it. Those who are humiliated in such a way learn to disintegrate – that is, they become once removed from pain. This is the most direct route to psychic ruin.” WayFeelsChildrenDoeTwoPainMotherPureDirectRuinsOccasionsRoutesPsychicsHysteriaHumiliated Author:Antonella Gambotto-Burke
“How few of us appreciate the fact that a very great deal of physical suffering in after life comes from bad mental training in childhood! I do not mean suffering of an imaginary kind; I mean disease which may entirely ruin a life which might have been of use to the world, and which surely would have been happier but for the lost health. Many a chronic invalid might have preserved his health had he been taught to use his brain properly when a child.” WorldKindMayMeanChildrenHas BeensFactsUseMightSufferingLostDealsBrainChildhoodTaughtDiseaseTrainingAppreciateRuinsImaginaryMight Have Been Author:Lyman Abbott
“She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me.” WantChildrenEyeLyingWoundsRuinsHer EyesCasual Author:Billy Joel