“I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not.”

“I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over.”

“You can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choice.”

“It's not that i don't want you. I lied, earlier, when i said i was protecting you. I'm protecting myself. I don't want to be your rebound, Jacqueline." "Then why are you assuming that role? It's not what i want, either." "What am i gonna do with you?" "I can think of a couple things.”

“Cut him. Cut him while I stand here and watch. I want to see the blood flow. Don't make me tell you twice.”

“I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems” because they are part of its identity. If no one will listen to my sad story, I can tell it to myself in my head, over and over, and feel sorry for myself, and so have an identity as someone who is being treated unfairly by life or other people, fate or God. It gives definition to my self-image, makes me into someone, and that is all that matters to the ego.”