The Appointment: A Novel (Bestselling Fiction)

by Katharina Volckmer

I found it very upsetting that his pride was so vulnerable, that everyone could see that there was a wound his skin had never been able to cover. It was like watching someone being hit with their own hand.

But then we are most passionate when we worship the things that don’t exist, like race, or money, or God, or, quite simply, our fathers.

I told him that I would staple him to death. I am not usually that violent, Dr. Seligman, and I am sure you know how difficult it would be to actually do that. It would take a very long time, and I wouldn’t exactly describe myself as very dedicated. I never last very long.