David Reuben > Quotes

“Dr. Hartmann. He was a famous neurologist from Philadelphia.”
― David Reuben, Psychiatric Hospital: Where insanity meets reality ... and reality is insane

“They are the killers who, like the mongoose, kill for the fun of killing.”
― David Reuben, Psychiatric Hospital: Where insanity meets reality ... and reality is insane

“Insignificant events in daily life are often misinterpreted by paranoids as proof that their fears are justified. But what most paranoids don’t realize is that paranoia is born within themselves. Their idea that someone is trying to harm them is almost always nothing more than a projection of their own bad wishes onto someone else. They deny their own hatred and resentment against someone else by insisting that the other person is working against them.”
― David Reuben, Psychiatric Hospital: Where insanity meets reality ... and reality is insane

“To keep your thyroid from turning up your thermostat and burning away those hard-won calories, make sure you include at least one serving of iodine-trapping foods every day in your diet.”
― David Reuben, The Quick Weight-Gain Program