Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.
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Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.
Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.
Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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