Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.

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

Society chooses to disregard the mistreatment of children, judging it to be altogether normal because it is so commonplace.

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about their history. They continue to live in their repressed childhood situation, ignoring the fact that is no longer exists, continuing to fear and avoid dangers that, although once real, have not been real for a long time.

We are still barely conscious of how harmful it is to treat children in a degrading manner. Treating them with respect and recognizing the consequences of their being humiliated are by no means intellectual matters; otherwise, their importance would long since have been generally recognized.