“Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.”

“Maybe still waters did run deep. Or God on your side was the ultimate soul balm.”

“I'd long thought that a surfeit of sensitivity could be a killing thing, too much insight malignant in its own right. The best survivors--there are studies that show it--are those blessed with an inordinate ability to deny. And keep on marching.”

“Siblings are thrown together by chance. Anything from love to hate can follow.”

“Nice concept.-What is?-Retreating. Getting away from the grind.-Oh, you never do. You just change gears.”

“Through the anger came something I recognized; the sadness that can result from too many years absorbing the poison of others. - Alex Delaware on Dr. Lehmann”

“I saw this cartoon in the paper, once. That Viking, Hagar the Horrible? He’s standing on the mountaintop, holding his hands to the heavens, shouting “Why me?” And down from the heavens comes the answer: “Why not?” Maybe that’s the ultimate truth; what right to do I have to expect a smooth ride?”