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.

Deep down, everyone wants the truth.

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

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

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

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

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