“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow… — 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
“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
“While my self-image was that of a pagan god, hers was of an avenging angel” — M.E. Thomas Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“(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
“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
“I often wish I could just passively watch people without being expected to participate myself, like television.” — M.E. Thomas Copy Share
“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
“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
