Compulsion Quotes

“Most children would rather preserve the fantasy of a loving connection with their fathers and mothers, at all costs, even if it costs them their self-esteem. When you're three or seven years old, it's less frightening to think of yourself as an unlovable, disappointing screwup than to recognize the fact that you're living with a monster.”
― Keith Ablow, Compulsion

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

“That's what a little victory in psychiatry looks like. You slip into the shadows, dodging the mind's defense mechanisms, glad enough to take a half-step toward the truth. Behind the next word or the next glance may lurk the demon you seek, all in flames, desperate to be held, but set to flee. (8)”
― Keith Ablow, Compulsion