“I suppose it’s a comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse damage to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.”
“I suppose it’s comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.”
“Cheer up! You're a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope.”
“Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect”
“Lack of control, he once told her, was worse than anything in the world.”
“I have only a general sense of the pain, of not being able to control my body and my thoughts. All I ever wanted was to have control- to be in charge of myself and the rest of the world.”