"The commandment to refrain from placing blame on……" — Alice Miller
"The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths from us."
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65 Quotes by Alice Miller
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The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.
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