“Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoid...” — Karl Abraham Quote

“Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.”

“A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.”

“A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.”

“If it's cross-country ski season, I'll be out doing that, or snowshoeing up in Quebec. In my California home, I go to the local Y and I like doing yoga. It's been hugely beneficial to me in injury avoidance.”

“At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.”

“For me, wearing a tie is a pleasure, a recherche one but a pleasure nonetheless. You could say that I'm avoiding tie avoidance. My own gorgeous collection runs into hundreds and I buy them the way I buy books - I simply can't pass a shop. I have loved them since I could spend my own money on them.”