« `somewhat transformed` The effects of alcoholism and drugs compromise the social obligations of those who are victims of alcoholism. The compulsive smoker is less censored because "only" his longevity is involved, not his social functions. »

« A number of psychoanalysts, most of them influenced by Adolf Meyer, have abandoned the Freudian theory of libido and have built what seems to me to be one of the most promising and fruitful developments in psychoanalytic theory. By drawing on the study of schizophrenic patients, they have come to an increasingly penetrating understanding of the unconscious processes involved in interpersonal relationships. By freeing themselves from the restrictive influence of libido theory and especially from the concepts of that, self and super-me, they were able to largely account for what happens in the relationships that bind two people and in each of these two people as participants. »

« ^... It is above all a question of finding a refuge to escape the unbearable feeling of isolation. "Love" is finally the haven we dreamed of! Two people ally against the world, and this selfishness of two is taken - error! - for love and intimacy. »