The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths from us.

The more we idealize the past and refuse to acknowledge our childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection

Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts.

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.

Adversity only makes us stronger.Every adversity we overcome makes our spirit and soul grow stronger.

The harder life is for a man when he is young, the easier it will be in the future.

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face

Fashion and riches will mask much annoyance.

No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.

There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer.

Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

We are alive within mystery, by miracle... We have more than we can know. We know more than we can say.