One of the things about the initial affectionate relationship is that there’s mutual accommodation, that people are attuned to what the other wants and lives and is frightened of.
Key point 2
Once you exploit someone’s affection, you effectively exploit their innocence, you rob them of their innocence. Innocence means fundamental trust, unsuspicious trust.
Key point 3
Friendship is a very important period in a child’s life, when they begin to realise that there might be real pleasures outside the family circle.
Key point 4
It’s misleading to think we either hate each other or we love each other. Wherever there’s love, there’s hate. Wherever there’s hate, there’s love.