“Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system.” WantFeelsChildrenLittlesEnoughOrderParentBalanceGainsIndependentAffectionTechniqueFavorsConquerCompareTargetDividesToxicThreateningSiblingParentalUnleashedDivide And Conquer Author:Susan Forward
“We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do them good.” PeopleWayTryingPleaseGainsAffectionBest Way Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people, men or women, try to discover their most striking merit, if they have one, and their dominant weakness, for every one has his own, then do justice to the one, and a little more than justice to the other.” PeopleIfsMenTryingLittlesCertainWishJusticeGraceWeaknessGainsAffectionMeritDominant Author:Lord Chesterfield
“He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to be less of a pet and more of a friend, if I might choose; but I won't complain of that: I am only afraid his affection loses in depth where it gains in ardour. I sometimes liken it to a fire of dry twigs and branches compared with one of solid coal, very bright and hot; but if it should burn itself out and leave nothing but ashes behind.” IfsShouldSometimesMightLosesBehindsFireGainsHotDepthAffectionComplainingDryBranchesPetAshesRationalityCoalTwigs Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Bold Edition Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.” IfsMatterOrderDifficultFriendshipAnimalHabitGainsCatPhilosophicalSlaveAffectionWorthySentimentsExtravagantTenaciousMethodicalNeatness Author:Theophile Gautier