For a psychiatrist to be any good, he has to be willing to corner you, close off the easy exits, even when it hurts. It's supposed to. (46)

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.

Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression than there is in a bottle Prozac.

The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut.

Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children... it is the reason that one human being's intensely personal tests and triumphs can be harnessed to the good of countless others.

Relationships are never chance events.

What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems?