“Scar tissue
has no character. It’s not like skin. It doesn’t show age or illness or pallor
or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It’s like a slipcover. It
shields and disguises what’s beneath. That’s why we grow it; we have something
to hide.” (Pg 16)
“Insanity
comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast.” (Pg 75)
“An observer
can’t tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or
because inner life is transfixingly busy.” (Pg 77)
“Fantasies
don’t include repercussions.” (Pg 92)
“The less
likely the terrible thing is to happen, the less frightening it is to look at
or imagine.” (Pg 124)
“Whatever we
call it – mind, character, soul – we like to think we possess something that is
greater than the sum of our neurons and that ‘animates’ us.” (Pg 137)
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