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When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. so the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
-Alfred Hitchcock
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When We Think We Have Been Hurt

Alfred Hitchcock
When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. so the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
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