The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)

by Caleb Carr

‘Habit dooms us all to fight out the battle of life upon the lines of our nurture or our early choice, and to make the best of a pursuit that disagrees, because there is no other for which we are fitted, and it is too late to begin again.’”

Every human being must find his own way to cope with such severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.