Alex Delaware Quotes

“At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the water and swims - gets used to the water - the wave grows small. If we pull the child away when the wave is high, he never sees that, never learns how to swim and remains afraid. If he gets a chance to feel strong, in control, that's called coping. When he copes, he feels better.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Time Bomb

“Nice concept.
-What is?
-Retreating. Getting away from the grind.
-Oh, you never do. You just change gears.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Self-Defense

“Pessimism is not good for the soul."
"I sold my soul years ago."
"To whom?"
"The bitch goddess Success. She cut town before paying off.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

“Maybe we're just prisoners of our biology.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Survival of the Fittest

“Do I think you're a sucker for her? I'd term it emotionally susceptible and yeah, you sure are.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Self-Defense

“Fools write books about madness being an elevated mental state or an alternative form of creativity. It's not, it's anguish.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Breakdown

“But my mind was no different from anyone else's: It abhorred a vacuum. I needed something to fill the space.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Time Bomb

“... views the sight of anyone too young or too old as offensive. It's as if nobody wants to be reminded from whence they came or to where they will certainly go. That kind of denial, coupled with face lifts and hair transplants and makeup, creates a comfortable little delusion of immortality. For a short while.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

“Rage was a tricky thing; sometimes it lay dormant for years, only to be triggered by a seemingly trivial stimulus.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

“I experienced the kind of shame you feel upon digging too deep, seeig and hearing more than you need or want to.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

“I experienced the kind of shame you feel upon digging too deep, seeing and hearing more than you need or want to.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

“You are what you eat. Devour your victim's heart, and you encompass his very being.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

“In spite of its size—perhaps because of it—the house seemed pathetic, a forgotten dowager, abandoned to the point where she no longer cared how she looked and sentenced to a fate of decaying in silence.”
― Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks