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.

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

What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?

Sometimes when you push someone, you find out who that person really is.

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

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

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