John seeks out Kreizler for assistance in a small matter.
We must not however, forget that we deal everywhere here with a quantitative comparison, with the struggle between motives of diverse force and intensity. The urging of the strange and inexperienced physician does not suffice for the "association resistance" in a grave hysteria. One must resort to more forceful means.
Sigmund Freud, The Psychotherapy of Hysteria
Secret grief is a cannibal of its own heart.
Herman Melville
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