There are people who cannot risk loneliness with the experience. They always have to be in a flock and have human contact.
Marie-Louise von FranzA human being in a neurotic state might very well be compared to a bewitched person, for people caught in a neurosis are apt to behave in a manner uncongenial and destructive towards themselves as well as others.
Marie-Louise von FranzEspecially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.
Marie-Louise von Franz