The Nurse Quotes

“It's easy to judge yourself retrospectively.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“It's amazing what people are capable of. You can't go by what you see on the surface”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I liked the way he was so in control. It meant I didn't have to be, and I was enjoying the feeling of not having to be sensible”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“Probably why he couldn't make eye contact. People never can when talking about something that bothers them.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“Contemplating all the pluses, he began to think it might be a good idea to get himself put away. Until he saw what incarceration did to a human. The loneliness, the impotency, the time the women had to mull over their lives - and the mess they had made of them.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I inhale deeply. I know that often I am not calm and that and my temper can get the better of me.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“People think that to be a good doctor you need to be objective and pragmatic and sensible, and you do, but as my pharmacology lecturer said, the best and most effective doctors possess innate intuition about the human psyche too. A diagnosis is not solely about quantative facts. A good doctor peels the qualitative onion too.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“It's amazing what people are capable of. You can't go by what you see on the surface.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“To understand the crime, it's absolutely imperative to penetrate the victim's mind as well as the murderer's.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I love her because she sees the best in me. She doesn't see me as the monster I know I am.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I liked the way he was so in control. It meant I didn't have to be, and I was enjoying the feeling of not having to be sensible.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“Variety is the condiment of life.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I accept my life is over. Despite his love, and perhaps because of it.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“We all need to share the consequences of our decisions sometimes.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I've been in prison for 3 months, and the monotony, the routine, the ambiguously pleasing absence of freedom are turning out to be surprising comforts in life.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I'll never quite be able to live with what happened. What is the alternative, though? To not live with it? I'm not brave enough for that, despite what I know is happening inside my body.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse

“I've no fear of death, but I can't instigate it.”
― J.A. Corrigan, The Nurse