People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.

God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces, which is why sharing pain freely feels very much like love, and may be the same thing. (207)

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

Most children would rather preserve the fantasy of a loving connection with their fathers and mothers, at all costs, even if it costs them their self-esteem. When you're three or seven years old, it's less frightening to think of yourself as an unlovable, disappointing screwup than to recognize the fact that you're living with a monster.

There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

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

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)