Accepting Quote by Alice Miller

“These people have all developed the art of not experiencing feelings, for a child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there…

— Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

— Anna Freud

“phenomenon. For the child to feel full he must first feel empty, to feel helped the child must first feel in need of help,…

— Gordon Neufeld

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

— Brandon Sanderson

When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves…

— Haim Ginott

“A daughter whose mother chose to leave her or was incapable of mothering may feel like a member of the emotional underclass, like a…

— Hope Edelman

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

— George Eliot

A father who sees his daughter leave in the arms of another man does not feel the same as a mother. It is heartrending…

— Claire Denis

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence…

— George Eliot

The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to…

— Brandon Sanderson

Having a daughter and a grandson, I certainly could relate to the fact that this child, who you simply dote on, being taken away…

— Judi Dench