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> [“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 from me - a total lack of affect. In a victim, it is courage and thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/one-nurse-thought-i-was-brave-i-think-she-was-talking-about-my-steely/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

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## More by M.E. Thomas

> [“People like to hear words like pleasure and decadent. They think of Roman orgies or chocolate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/people-like-to-hear-words-like-pleasure-and-decadent-they-think-of/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/it-isn-t-enough-that-the-bad-guy-is-prevented-from-doing-his-bad/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“While my self-image was that of a pagan god, hers was of an avenging angel”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/while-my-self-image-was-that-of-a-pagan-god-hers-was-of-an-avenging/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/ruining-people-i-love-the-way-the-phrase-rolls-around-on-my-tongue/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/i-do-not-expect-things-to-go-right-in-the-world-i-don-t-even-believe/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“Outwardly I was all confidence and openness; inwardly I was spiteful and lonely and unaware of how to relate to the world. I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/outwardly-i-was-all-confidence-and-openness-inwardly-i-was-spiteful/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/one-nurse-thought-i-was-brave-i-think-she-was-talking-about-my-steely/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“We lawyers are all prestige whores”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/we-lawyers-are-all-prestige-whores/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/i-m-not-unhappy-for-the-most-part-although-i-do-think-there-is-a/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“It was too late, though: I was already too smart for the therapist. Or maybe I was never amenable to therapy. Either way, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/it-was-too-late-though-i-was-already-too-smart-for-the-therapist-or/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“(Sociopaths are highly immune to depression, and this ability to tell ourselves wonderful stories about how attractive, smart, and wily we are, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/sociopaths-are-highly-immune-to-depression-and-this-ability-to-tell/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“Many sociopaths use the shortcut of “anything goes,” or “I am only in it for me.” These sociopaths have decided that the rational way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/many-sociopaths-use-the-shortcut-of-anything-goes-or-i-am-only-in-it/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“I often wish I could just passively watch people without being expected to participate myself, like television.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/i-often-wish-i-could-just-passively-watch-people-without-being/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/when-you-grow-up-as-a-girl-it-is-like-there-are-faint-chalk-lines/)

[M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/)

> [“Asked to choose between having power and giving up power to a “trusted” entity, people often prefer to give it up rather than have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/asked-to-choose-between-having-power-and-giving-up-power-to-a-trusted/)

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