All Keith Ablow Quotes
- Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it. Ambivalent
- What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11? All
- There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257) Evil
- If you're going to have 19 children, you should supervise them well. Children
- But that's the hardest part of healing.' What?' Realizing there's no one to hate. Hardest
- We are, all of us, crippled and twisted. Most of us strive desperately to keep our grotesqueries out of sight and mind. Our suffering is… Addiction
- My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you… Drug
- But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly. Clearly
- I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using it a little like cocaine anyhow. Anybody
- Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression… Bottle
- The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain. Any
- People react predictably, especially when they don't have time to think. Especially
- Relationships are never chance events. Chance
- The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world. Bad
- People blush when one of their core truths is revealed. Blush
- The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty. Free
- The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut. Burn
- A jealous husband is an ugly thing. Husband
- Sometimes when you push someone, you find out who that person really is. Find
- Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay. Better
- What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems? All
- When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it. Avoid
- ...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106) Give
- 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… Attracted
- Most children would rather preserve the fantasy of a loving connection with their fathers and mothers, at all costs, even if it costs them their… All