Emily

“Those who do not know themselves may be impelled by just those subconscious drivers you are describing, yet it is the goal of therapy to free the patient from this unconscious control. If we can’t change, what would be the point of therapy in the first place?”
― Mark Cain, The Reluctant Demon

“And then I knew him for the consummately evil creature that he was. He sounded just like a lawyer.”
― Mark Cain, Deal With The Devil

“Except for Socrates. Well, he left you with plenty to think about, but he was so irritating I could hardly stand him. What with his constant asking of questions, you’d think he was a failed psychologist. The dialectical method: bah. You can have it.”
― Mark Cain, A Cold Day In Hell

“when we don’t get enough pleasure, or at least when mortals don’t get enough pleasure, Eros is out of balance with Thanatos. Our lives, how you put it, oh yes, our lives suck, we get depressed, the drive toward death becomes an extremely powerful inner force. Some of us even kill ourselves. But when we have a full, libidinous life, the death drive is diverted,”
― Mark Cain, The Reluctant Demon