Categories Ambivalence Quotes: 3 Quote(s) Found Quote Page Number The cult of intensive motherhood… runs on guilt, fear, and ambivalence. 179 When contemplating a change, many people are ambivalent – they have some reasons to consider it but also some reasons to stay the course. 152 Self-justification is the route by which ambivalence morphs into certainty, guilt into rage. The love story has become a hate book. 243