Whoever inquires about our childhood wants to know something about our soul. If the question is not just a rhetorical one and the questioner has the patience to listen, he will come to realize that we love with horror and hate with an inexplicable love whatever caused us our greatest pain and difficulty.
ATTRIBUTION:
Erika Burkart (20th century), Swiss author. As quoted in “Poisonous Pedagogy,” For Your Own Good by Alice Miller (1983).
