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

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

Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.

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

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

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.