Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls

by Matt Ruff

“The primary difficulty faced by multiple personalities,” Dr. Grey wrote in her preface, “is not that they are abnormal; it is that they are dysfunctional. Multiplicity, of itself, is no more problematic than left-handedness. Losing time, being unable to keep a steady job or maintain a residence, requiring detailed lists just to get through the day—these things are problems. But they are problems that a well-organized multiple household, acting cooperatively, can learn to overcome.”

“You could have gone crazy, with what your mother did to you. Or you could have turned mean, like the man at the diner. But you didn’t. You did something creative. And that’s great; only now you’re going to have to be even more creative, if you want to get your life together.”