“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”— David Attenborough
“It is a paradox that the more dependent the child is on the mother, the more the mother is bound to the child.”— Anthony Storr
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”— Emily Brontë
“Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.”— Fritz Perls
“Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need.”— John Piper
“I am a person who has always been protected. I have always been taken care of. I have never had to do anything for myself.”— Elfriede Jelinek