Devaluation Quotes

“You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless
devaluation of self.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Each category is generalized to the greatest possible extent, so that it eventually loses all specificity and is reabsorbed by all the other categories. When everything is political, nothing is political anymore, the word itself is meaningless. When everything is sexual, nothing is sexual any more, and sex loses its determinants. When everything is aesthetic, nothing is beautiful or ugly any more, and art itself disappears.”
― Jean Baudrillard, The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena

“Defensive devaluation is a protective device that makes love bad, trust unimportant and people "no darn good any way". People who have been deeply hurt in their relationships will often devalue love so it doesn't hurt so much. And they often become resigned to never loving again.”
― Henry Cloud, Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't

“A daughter whose mother chose to leave her or was incapable of mothering may feel like a member of the emotional underclass, like a dispensable part of society whose needs the government has ignored. As a result, she often develops a sense of devaluation and unworthiness even more profound than that of the daughter whose mother has died.”
― Hope Edelman, Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss

“The purpose was not to destroy the alliances and organizations that were built after World War II but to spread the responsibilities among key nations for making those alliances and organizations work. The goal was not to destroy but to adjust and modernize (p. 324).”
― Jeffrey E. Garten, Three Days at Camp David : How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed The Global Economy