Westermarck Theory Quotes & Sayings

We were very different, and we disagreed about a lot of things, but he was always so interesting, you know? — John Green

Life is a series of surprises. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finding themselves in the truth is worth several attempts. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Keep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye. — Karen Marie Moning

The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants. — Plutarch

The idea that boys want to sleep with their mothers strikes most men as the silliest thing they have ever heard. Obviously, it did not seem so to Freud, who wrote that as a boy he once had an erotic reaction to watching his mother dressing. But Freud had a wet-nurse, and may not have experienced the early intimacy that would have tipped off his perceptual system that Mrs. Freud was his mother. The Westermarck theory has out-Freuded Freud. — Steven Pinker