Emotional Ambivalence Quotes & Sayings

When parents don't take responsibility for their own unfinished business, they miss an opportunity not only to become better parents but also to continue their own development. People who remain in the dark about the origins of their behaviors and intense emotional responses are unaware of their unresolved issues and the parental ambivalence they create. — Daniel J. Siegel

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one. — Franz Grillparzer

Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came and hauled you back. That was also true during the Vietnam War for draft resisters. — Margaret Atwood

Hoping for something is not the same as expecting it. — Anne Rice

All fears are one fear. Just the fear of death. And we accept it, then we are at peace. — David Mamet

The older you get, the more you are aware that everybody has a certain way of seeing things, which they have to honour. — Eve Ensler

All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union. — Malcolm X