| Each person is seen as trapped within his or her own private bubble, in constant need of affirmation and recognition. |
| I think the point is that the youth is in a situation in which the symbols of courage and affirmation have inevitably become twisted. |
| He looked inquisitively at his future sister-in-law and she nodded in affirmation. |
| Girls feel enhanced by continuous social affirmation while boys feel diminished. |
| In their political and personalised affirmation of Aboriginality, they challenge and detach themselves from the European historical narrative. |
| In a stunning affirmation of the artistic impulse, they made beauty out of abjection, and that, at least, is a triumph. |
