The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.

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

The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.

...the horrific fact that our lives and those of the people we love are impermanent and exquisitely fragile, that any of us can cease to exist without warning, that loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment. (20)

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

But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

The good guys had to operate on a higher level than the killers--just for society to keep track of who was who.