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> [In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-szasz/in-the-past-men-created-witches-now-they-create-mental-patients/)

[Thomas Szasz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-szasz/)

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> [I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ornette-coleman/i-remember-once-i-read-a-book-on-mental-illness-and-there-was-a-nurse/)

[Ornette Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ornette-coleman/)

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> [Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-demille/basically-all-women-are-nurturers-and-healers-and-all-men-are-mental/)

[Nelson DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-demille/)

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> [“And Kate thought about a time, long ago, when she had witnessed an ongoing romance between two mental patients. As a teenager…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrynne-mclain/and-kate-thought-about-a-time-long-ago-when-she-had-witnessed-an/)

[Sabrynne McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrynne-mclain/)

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> [Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-abraham/psychoanalytic-investigation-has-shown-that-in-mental-patients/)

[Karl Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-abraham/)

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> [ For decades now, \[Fuller\] Torrey has been warning America what would happen if the dangerously mentally ill were deinstitutionalized, and it's all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/for-decades-now-fuller-torrey-has-been-warning-america-what-would/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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