The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. – Mary Catherine Bateson
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not. – Mary Catherine Bateson
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can’t think without metaphors. – Mary Catherine Bateson
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. – Mary Catherine Bateson
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. – Mary Catherine Bateson
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. – Mary Catherine Bateson
