Author: Mary Catherine Bateson

Quotes

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

- Mary Catherine Bateson

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

- Mary Catherine Bateson

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

- Mary Catherine Bateson

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.

- Mary Catherine Bateson

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