« In our therapeutic work, we are deeply involved with a patient; we are going through a phase where this involvement makes us vulnerable (as is the mother); we are identified with the child who is temporarily dependent on us to an alarming degree; we are witnessing the loss of the fake self; we see the beginning of a true self, a self endowed with a strong self because, like the mother with her baby, we were able to offer support to that self. `...` What we do in therapy is try to imitate the natural process that characterizes the behavior of every mother with her own baby. »

« During this period `latency`, the child is ready to introject, but not to incorporate, ready to absorb whole elements of s e l e c ted people, but he is not ready to eat or be eaten, or to merge into an intimate relationship involving instinct. »

« We either find that individuals live creatively and feel that life is worth living, or that they are unable to live creatively and doubt the value of life. »