God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces, which is why sharing pain freely feels very much like love, and may be the same thing. (207) — Keith Ablow Copy Share Image
“God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces.” — Keith Ablow Copy Share Image
What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems? — Keith Ablow Copy Share
God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces, which is why sharing… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
“Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children… it is the reason… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
“I shook my head at all the things that can happen to break a man as he grows up and away from the pure… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut. — Keith Ablow Copy Share
“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… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
I think men should be able to veto women's abortions if they're willing to care for the child after it's born. — Keith Ablow Copy Share
“The good guys had to operate on a higher level than the killers--just for society to keep track of who was who.” — Keith Ablow Copy Share
“Like most of the connections that explain the pain in our hearts, he couldn't bring it to mind. He couldn't see the truth because… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
Insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly. — Keith Ablow Copy Share
If you take the teachings of Jesus, whether you consider yourself saved or you don't, those teachings are pristine. They're wonderful guides for life.… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
“Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156)” — Keith Ablow Copy Share
For a psychiatrist to be any good, he has to be willing to corner you, close off the easy exits, even when it hurts.… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
Most children would rather preserve the fantasy of a loving connection with their fathers and mothers, at all costs, even if it costs them… — Keith Ablow Copy Share
