The Children of Red Peak Quotes

“David thought of the Flood, how the rising water covered the Earth and killed every living thing on it. He wondered how Noah survived with his sanity intact while the world drowned all around him.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“The hardest thing about escaping a cult wasn’t leaving but making sure it had left you.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“finally become sane again after so long. A refreshing breeze”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“Strange to realize that if she hadn’t suffered, she’d be a different person. In a sense, she wouldn’t exist.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“one couldn’t protect people from themselves, not really.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“If you can’t outrun the past, turn around and kick its ass.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“Sigmund Freud said humans were slaves to their subconscious conflicts. B. F. Skinner believed outside influences dominated behavior. Since then, scientists found genetics to be a major determinant in how people react. Some of them discovered brain activity increased before the conscious mind made a decision, suggesting the brain decided what to do an instant before its owner was aware that a decision was made. In other words, maybe humans didn’t have free will.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“For some doomsday cults, the end became a self-fulfilling prophecy. And ideas, it turned out, were like viruses that infected human beings.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“One day, Abraham starts hearing a voice, which he believes is God. God tells him to kill Isaac and burn the body as a sacrificial offering.” Carl chuckled as he caught on. “The Book of Genesis, right?” “In my story, God doesn’t stop Abraham, who goes ahead with it. He kills his son.” “Seems to me Abraham should have taken Fabula.” “Here’s my question,” Beth said over the group’s laughter. “Ishmael learns what his dad did, and suicidal ideation takes hold. The truth is unbearable. Either God doesn’t exist, and Abraham murdered his son for nothing, or perhaps worse, God does, and Abraham killed his son because God wanted it.” Tugging at her collar, Tamara said, “Therapeutically, the answer is simple, which is it doesn’t matter. You treat Ishmael’s suicidal ideation and help him live with whatever truth he accepts. You can’t treat a belief.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“A diabolo, qui est simia dei. Rough translation: Where God has a church, the Devil has a chapel.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“Claire had wondered why he didn’t just talk to them. For David, the answer was the same as to why you couldn’t reason a person out of a severe mental illness. Groups that practiced mind-control techniques rewired brains.”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak

“Abreactive hypnosis can be a valuable tool in ego state therapy,” he said. This therapy was based on the idea that the psyche was a mix of distinct personalities,”
― Craig DiLouie, The Children of Red Peak