The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.
Ugo BettiWe play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all!
Ugo BettiA long association-prolonged human contact, when a man and woman live together-this ends up producing a sort of rot, a poison.
Ugo Betti