“The desire to be on sure ground is the relict of an authoritarian frame of mind.”
“If sanity is a frame of mind then insanity must be a mind without a frame”
“Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.”
“the American nation today is infantile so much as adolescent—that is ambivalent in its twin desire for both authoritarian structure and the end of parental hegemony”
“Hell is just a frame of mind.”
“I had to lull Mom and Hank into believing I was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If I exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black LOVE SUCKS tee, my plan would never get off the ground.”