The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature
We're only as needy as our unmet needs.
Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base
If we value our children, we must cherish their parents
Behind the mask of indifference is bottomless misery and behind apparent callousness, despair.
If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers.