“Everyone - rich or poor, black or white, educated or not - is in emotional turmoil, in some sort of pain. (51)”

“There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)”

“Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156)”

“Deep down, everyone wants the truth.”

“The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.”

“Like most of the connections that explain the pain in our hearts, he couldn't bring it to mind. He couldn't see the truth because it was too big and it was right in front of him.”

“Woody Allen once said that 90 percent of life is about showing up. Ninety percent of healing people in psychological pain is shutting up - at least long enough to let them bleed the truth. That sounds easy, but it isn't. (68)”