“Often times, "shame" is the word that best describes reality.”

“The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang word for words that would accurately describe an emotion or a situation, it lowers their reality orientations, pushes them farther from shore, out onto the foggy waters of alienation and confusion.”

“Stephanie was…intense. That's the best word to describe her, Del. The best one.”

“Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.”

“Political prisoners describe:- extreme physical and emotional torture- distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality- sham killings- begin repeatedly taken to the point of death or threatened with death- being forced to witness abusive acts on others- being forced to make impossible "choices"- boundaries smashed i.e. by the use of forced nakedness, shame, embarrassment- hoaxes, 'set ups', testing and tricks- being forced to hurt othersRitual abuse survivors often describe much the same things.”

“The best word to describe Albert Belle during the mid-1990s is “prolific.” The man could flat hit.”