“The threat of punishment at home or school only served as a challenge to figure out how to circumvent the consequences when I did what I wanted to do anyway. I didn't fear the punishment, I just saw it as… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“People like to hear words like pleasure and decadent. They think of Roman orgies or chocolate” — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“It isn't enough that the bad guy is prevented from doing his bad deeds; he must suffer as much as possible. It is as… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“While my self-image was that of a pagan god, hers was of an avenging angel” — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Ruining people. I love the way the phrase rolls around on my tongue and inside my mouth. Ruining people is delicious. We're all hungry,… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“I do not expect things to go right in the world. I don’t even believe in right. I believe that everything just is. And… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Outwardly I was all confidence and openness; inwardly I was spiteful and lonely and unaware of how to relate to the world. I wanted… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“One nurse thought I was "brave." I think she was talking about my steely-eyed, grin-and-bear-it kind of attitude. There were no tears, no complaints… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“I'm not unhappy, for the most part, although I do think there is a certain emptiness and meaningless that I feel, sort of like… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“It was too late, though: I was already too smart for the therapist. Or maybe I was never amenable to therapy. Either way, I… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“(Sociopaths are highly immune to depression, and this ability to tell ourselves wonderful stories about how attractive, smart, and wily we are, and to… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Many sociopaths use the shortcut of “anything goes,” or “I am only in it for me.” These sociopaths have decided that the rational way… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“I often wish I could just passively watch people without being expected to participate myself, like television.” — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Asked to choose between having power and giving up power to a “trusted” entity, people often prefer to give it up rather than have… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
