It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

I am no longer afraid to say anything.

Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... they are so stupid and do not notice that I am standing up straighter!

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

How can one know anything at all about people?

We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.