In some terrible way, the path of young women's…
In some terrible way, the path of young women's lives are in such states of chaos, of freneticism, that they are drowning psychologically in the clamor and constant movement and demands that define them.
— from Takeoff Into Chaos · Family: The Compact Among Generations by James E. Hughes Jr.
In the book
Do not let the broadcast convince you the sky is collapsing; it is selling you the collapse. Modern life piles on its own frantic churn, too — for so many now, the days have become a kind of freneticism in which a person can quietly drown, a ceaseless stream of interruptions and disruptions that one philosopher, reading William James, came to see as the very texture of a life. The grown-up response is not blind optimism but intelligent humility about risk. — Takeoff Into Chaos
Also belongs to
- Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)
- The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
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