Karen Horney quote: The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which ...

The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which seem indispensable in the framework of his neurosis.

~ Karen Horney ~

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