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)

But that's the hardest part of healing.' What?' Realizing there's no one to hate.

Relationships are never chance events.

I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born.

I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using it a little like cocaine anyhow.

A jealous husband is an ugly thing.

Because depression is so thematically powerful and so dark, when it's very severe, it can make people feel not only as if they've lost a loving connection, but as if the whole world is devoid of love. So if we wonder how somebody could take 149 people with him when he commits suicide, one answer can be that depression, when it's most severe, can make people feel that life is completely without value, not just for them but for anyone.