Forensic Psychiatry Quotes

“P252 Habit dooms us all to fight out the battle of life upon the lines of our nurture or our early choice, and to make the best of a pursuit that disagrees, because there is no other for which we are fitted, and it is too late to begin again.”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist

“most men consider their rationally selected actions are in fact idiosyncratic responses that have grown strong enough, through repeated use, to overpower other urges and reactions—that have won, in other words, the mental battle for survival.”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist

“P198 Describe John Moore’s brother’s death: but at heart I believe now, as I believed then, that it was essentially the result of growing up in a household, and a world, where emotional expression of any kind was at best frowned on and at worst strangled. Unfortunately, I’d stated this opinion during the funeral, and was nearly forced into an asylum as a result.”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist

“Do not attempt any of the autoerotic activities described or depicted in this monograph. There is no reason to believe that these activities are pleasurable to the average person, and there is every reason to believe that they may prove fatal.”
― Park Dietz, Autoerotic Fatalities