“People like you are the reasonPeople like me need medication.”
“It's because of people like you that people like me need therapy.”
“Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.”
“There are a lot of people like me, people who need books the way they need air.”
“The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you.”
“I wanted you to have an image of this place in your mind because you need to know that it exists. People think a place like this is perfect. Living a simple life close to the land and all that. It isn't. There are mean people and alcoholics and medical bills to pay and depressed people galore. But some of us feel okay here, you know, despite all that.”