Famous quotes containing the words hippopotamus and/or behavior:
“Wildly dissimilar
yet actuated by the same fear,
the hippopotamus and the wild-deer
hide by the same river.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The ease with which problems are understood and solved on paper, in books and magazine articles, is never matched by the reality of the mother’s experience. . . . Her child’s behavior often does not follow the storybook version. Her own feelings don’t match the way she has been told she ought to feel. . . . There is something wrong with either her child or her, she thinks. Either way, she accepts the blame and guilt.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)