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“He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters? Stuck on to other objects we select? Look at him! ... My desire might be to make this boy an ardent husband - a caring citizen - a worshipper of abstract and unifying God. My achievement, however, is more likely to make a ghost!”
― Peter Shaffer, Equus

“Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.”
― Peter Shaffer, Equus

“We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.”
― André Berthiaume

“What did I expect of him? Very little, I promise you. One more dented little face. One more adolescent freak. The usual unusual. One great thing about being in the adjustment business: you're never short of customers.”
― Peter Shaffer, Equus