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> [Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are just born worriers, their brains forever anticipating the dropping of some dreaded other shoe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/some-people-no-matter-how-robust-their-stock-portfolios-or-how/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

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## More by Robin Marantz Henig

> [There's very little about being in a functional-M.R.I. scanner that is natural: you are flat on your back, absolutely still, with your head immobilized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/there-s-very-little-about-being-in-a-functional-m-r-i-scanner-that-is/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/the-english-language-has-112-words-for-deception-according-to-one/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [I'm always made a little uncomfortable by studies that assert that Millennials are the most narcissistic generation in history. To me, being young has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/i-m-always-made-a-little-uncomfortable-by-studies-that-assert-that/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [The tenuousness of modern life can make anyone feel overwrought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/the-tenuousness-of-modern-life-can-make-anyone-feel-overwrought/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [The human brain has evolved the capacity to impose a narrative, complete with chronology and cause-and-effect logic, on whatever it encounters, no matter how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/the-human-brain-has-evolved-the-capacity-to-impose-a-narrative/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [Hardships of early human life favored the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms that might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/hardships-of-early-human-life-favored-the-evolution-of-certain/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [Many of us are tethered to bodies that sabotage us in our struggle to keep from getting fat, or to slim down when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/many-of-us-are-tethered-to-bodies-that-sabotage-us-in-our-struggle-to/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [Lies can be verbal or nonverbal, kindhearted or self-serving, devious or bald-faced; they can be lies of omission or lies of commission; they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/lies-can-be-verbal-or-nonverbal-kindhearted-or-self-serving-devious/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [For humans and animals alike, truly vigorous, wholehearted, spontaneous play is something of a biological frill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/for-humans-and-animals-alike-truly-vigorous-wholehearted-spontaneous/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/scientists-who-study-play-in-animals-and-humans-alike-are-developing/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [The essence of play is that the sequence of actions is fluid and scattered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/the-essence-of-play-is-that-the-sequence-of-actions-is-fluid-and/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [The real thing young people should fear is missing out on those few, true, long-term friendships that make for a richer, happier life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/the-real-thing-young-people-should-fear-is-missing-out-on-those-few/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends largely on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/as-the-brain-matures-one-thing-that-happens-is-the-pruning-of-the/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/it-s-almost-a-rite-of-passage-for-the-middle-aged-it-seems-to-invent/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

> [As people construct a life narrative, researchers have found, they tend to remember more events from the teens and twenties than from any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-marantz-henig/as-people-construct-a-life-narrative-researchers-have-found-they-tend/)

[Robin Marantz Henig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-marantz-henig/)

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