“Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.”

“If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a "genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger whose characteristic manifestation is an inability to appreciate sunsets.”

“If nothing is random, and everything is predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer to that is simple. Nothing is predetermined; it is determined, or was determined, or will be determined.”

“But for Mozart love is only the litmus test. To determine whether one is truly free or not.”

“In the real world there is no nature vs. nurture argument, only an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental effects”

“Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.”