" Taleb opens the book with a poetic image that should speak to all parents. He notes that wind extinguishes a candle but energizes a fire. He advises us not to be like candles and not to turn our children into candles: "You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. "

― Greg Lukianoff , The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure