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)

...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

People react predictably, especially when they don't have time to think.

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

Deep down, everyone wants the truth.

When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.

We are, all of us, crippled and twisted. Most of us strive desperately to keep our grotesqueries out of sight and mind. Our suffering is transformed by an alchemy of the soul into addiction, ulcers, strokes, hatred, even war.