“There were nights when I left the sessions physically and emotionally drained after hearing the anguish pour out like blood from a gaping wound. Don’t let anyone ever tell you different – psychotherapy is one of the most taxing endeavors known to mankind; I’ve done all sorts of work, from picking carrots in the scorching sun to sitting on national committees in paneled board rooms, and there’s nothing that compares to confronting human misery hour after hour and bearing the responsibility for easing that misery using only one’s mind and mouth. At its best it’s tremendously uplifting as you watch the patient open up, breathe, let go of the pain. At its worst is like surfing in a cesspool struggling for balance while being slapped with wave after putrid wave.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, quote from When the Bough Breaks
“Assholes are like weeds, a bitch to get rid of and when you do another one grows back in its place.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, quote from When the Bough Breaks
“Pessimism is not good for the soul."
"I sold my soul years ago."
"To whom?"
"The bitch goddess Success. She cut town before paying off.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, quote from When the Bough Breaks
“It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, quote from When the Bough Breaks
“made out a shape at the other end of the greenhouse,”
― Jonathan Kellerman, quote from When the Bough Breaks
Jonathan Kellerman
Born place: in New York, The United States
Born date August 9, 1949
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“Las decisiones que cada uno de nosotros tomamos y las acciones que acompañan a dichas decisiones son como vibraciones en la cuerda de una guitarra”
― Dean Koontz, quote from From the Corner of His Eye
“Every human behavior can be explained by what precedes it, but that does not excuse it,”
― Gavin de Becker, quote from The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
“Only you have to keep practicing and remembering.”
― Frederik Pohl, quote from Gateway
“În vremea aceasta se lăsa întunericul, iar singurătatea - singurătatea aceea înșelătoare, când omul, singur, nu este totuși singur, ci într-o dureroasă relație sufletească cu un alt om de dincolo de perete - dar îndeajuns de singur pentru ca frecarea mâinilor, încleștarea degetelor și alte manifestări să fie stupide - prin urmare, întunericul și acea falsă singurătate îmi pătrundeau în cap, mă orbeau, îmi răpeau și ultimele senzații de luciditate, mă aruncau în noapte. De câte ori noaptea nu ni se insenuează în zi! Singur, în camera aceasta, pe scăunel, în această acțiune, eram prea ireal și nu mai puteam rămâne prea mult timp aici. Procesele, care nu sunt primejdioase când le trăiești împreună cu cineva și aievea, devin insuportabil în lipsa unui partener. Singurătatea este sufocantă. Așa că, după un chin mai îndelungat, am deschis din nou ușa, am apărut în prag, ieșind din singurătate, orbecăind ca un liliac. Oprindu-mă în prag, mi-am dat seama că iar nu știu cum să încep și cum s-o abordez, era în continuare extrem de izolată și de închisă, diabolică treabă acest contur clar și precis al formei umane, această linie rece care ne particularizează - forma!”
― Witold Gombrowicz, quote from Ferdydurke
“People don't want reasons to do what they'd like to. They want excuses.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Theatre
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