“But sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage. Like rage, it burns hot; and like rage it tends to consume its own furnace.”

“Sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage.”

“Rage was sometimes a useful ally in the heat of a fight, but it was a trickster. It made everything seem possible.”

“Guilt and rage, hatred and fear were pathways to weakness and clumsy choices.”

“I don't ever want to live in a world where something like mercy...or maybe it's compassion...is the wrong choice.”

“It’s easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy.”

“We're each alone inside our heads, some more so than others.”