Negative Terms

Famous quotes containing the words negative and/or terms:

    “Mothers often are too easily intimidated by their children’s negative reactions...When the child cries or is unhappy, the mother reads this as meaning that she is a failure. This is why it is so important for a mother to know...that the process of growing up involves by definition things that her child is not going to like. Her job is not to create a bed of roses, but to help him learn how to pick his way through the thorns.”
    —Elaine Heffner (20th century)

    “Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet.”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)