At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the water and swims – gets used to the water – the wave grows...

Assholes are like weeds, a bitch to get rid of and when you do another one grows back in its place.

To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)

Through the anger came something I recognized; the sadness that can result from too many years absorbing the poison of others. – Alex Delaware on Dr. Lehmann

I’d long thought that a surfeit of sensitivity could be a killing thing, too much insight malignant in its own right. The best survivors–there are studies that show it–are those blessed with an inordinate ability...

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience”.”What’s pessimism?” I said.”Religion without God.

Revenge was a dish best eaten cold, but eight years between was arctic.

If you ask me, psychopaths are more talented than the rest of us… but they’re still fucking psychopaths.