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Was aber viel wichtiger ist: Der Energieaufwand dafür steht in keinem Verhältnis zum Nutzen. Bedürfnisse unterdrücken kostet nun mal Kraft. Kraft die dir an anderer Stelle fehlt. Und dein Gegner hat Zeit. Er muss nur darauf warten, wann du Nervennahrung brauchst. Und du wirst Nervennahrung brauchen früher oder ein bisschen später.
Seduction – Covert-aggressive personalities are adept at charming, praising, flattering or overtly supporting others in order to get them to lower their defenses and surrender their trust and loyalty. Covert-aggressives are also particularly aware that people who are to some extent emotionally needy and dependent (and that includes most people who aren’t character-disordered) want approval, reassurance, and a sense of being valued and needed more than anything.
In Sheep's Clothing
George K. Simon Ph.D.
Even though the new library was welcomed, many people worried that sharing books and being in close quarters could spread disease. The space was “cramped and inadequate . . . a menace to life,” according to the Los Angeles Herald. At the time, influenza, smallpox, and typhus were rampant in cities. One city official told the Los Angeles Times that anyone who checked out a book knowing someone in his or her family had a contagious disease was committing “nothing short of a crime.”
The Library Book
Susan Orlean
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