“One of the real enemies of an addict is denial.”

“Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.”

“The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the most pernicious of all addictions because it’s so hard for a person to break his delusion and denial. How can anything be wrong with loving God and giving your life for good works and service to mankind?”

“The enemy was irony and truth and hypocrisy, that was the real enemy. That was the enemy that was killing him.”

“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.”

“Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.”