(When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something-anything-before it is all gone. -John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent)
作者Mary Alice Monroe (0 评论)
在玛丽·爱丽丝·梦露（Mary Alice Monroe）的“读书俱乐部”中，斯坦贝克（Steinbeck）的名言反映了人类避免面对压倒性问题的趋势。面对重大麻烦时，个人经常压制自己的思想作为应对机制。但是，这种否认会造成内部动荡，在这种动荡中，尚未解决的感觉与先前的情绪相结合，导致不满和内gui。