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Mary Catherine Bateson quotes

American Scientist

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... as we age we have not only to readdress earlier developmental crises but also somehow to find the way to three affirmations that may seem to conflict. ... We have to affirm our own life. We have to affirm our own death. And we have to affirm love, both given and received. [p. 88] 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. Mary Catherine Bateson
The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199] Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden..."
The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a..."
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. Mary Catherine Bateson
Since few people arrive at retirement with an understanding that this transition will involve a rethinking of who they are, an interim pattern has emerged, in which travel offers a way of fulfilling deferred daydreams of adventure while the next stage takes shape. [p. 31] Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly..."
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. Mary Catherine Bateson
It's all about being in control of myself as an older woman who lives alone, and it's all about how I am going to do what I have to do to be as strong as I can be and be confident that I can do what I need to do as an older person. [p. 62] Mary Catherine Bateson
Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results in endless dithering. Five moves, they say, equal a fire. But those who haven't moved may begin to need a fire. [p. 38] Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "We never promised we would stay the same,/But only we would..."
We never promised we would stay the same,/But only we would shape our change/From this now single clay. [p. 82] Mary Catherine Bateson
Moving is both liberating and debilitating. Undertaken too late, it is a very stressful process, one that sometimes seems to catapult people into frail old age, and undertaken too soon, it may preempt other possibilities. [p. 38] Mary Catherine Bateson
So this little boy was--I became her confidant a little too early, I think. It didn't seem to warp me exactly, but it left me with a little too much knowledge at an early age. [p. 143] Mary Catherine Bateson
Physical things are eloquent tokens of ideas, enriched by new meanings through time even when the tokens are no more than evanescent paper representations. Mary Catherine Bateson
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not. Mary Catherine Bateson
Rarely is it possible to study all of the instructions to a game before beginning to play, or to memorize the manual before turning on the computer. The excitement of improvisation lies not only in the risk of being involved but in the new ideas, as heady as the adrenaline of performance, that seems to come from nowhere. Mary Catherine Bateson

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