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"People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness."
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"I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression."
"People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection."
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"There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational."
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"Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop."
"I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition."
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