Vika Bar

“The DSM-IV-TR is a 943-page textbook published by the American Psychiatric Association that sells for $99...There are currently 374 mental disorders. I bought the book...and leafed through it...I closed the manual. "I wonder if I've got any of the 374 mental disorders," I thought. I opened the manual again. And instantly diagnosed myself with twelve different ones.”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“Feeling no remorse must be a blessing when all you have are your memories”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“In a world of fixed future, there can be no right or wrong. Right and wrong demand freedom of choice, but if each action is already chosen, there can be no freedom of choice. In a world of fixed future, no person is responsible. The rooms are already arranged.”
― Alan Lightman, Einstein’s Dreams

“He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic