The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature

- John Bowlby

We're only as needy as our unmet needs.

- John Bowlby

Thus, just as animals of many species, including man, are disposed to respond with fear to sudden movement or a marked change in level of sound or li…

- John Bowlby

Behind the mask of indifference is bottomless misery and behind apparent callousness, despair.

- John Bowlby

If we value our children, we must cherish their parents

- John Bowlby

If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers.

- John Bowlby

Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base

- John Bowlby