Ava

“He did another experiment, the Startle Reflex Test, in which psychopaths and non-psychopaths were invited to look at grotesque images, like crime-scene photographs of blown-apart faces, and then when they least expected it, Bob would let off an incredibly loud noise in their ear. The non-psychopaths would leap with astonishment. The psychopaths would remain comparatively serene. Bob”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.”
― Ava Gardner

“So, yeah, the psychopath might cry when his dog dies and you think that’s misplaced because he doesn’t cry when his daughter dies.” I”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“In regular circumstances, 60 percent of criminal psychopaths released into the outside world go on to re-offend. What percentage of their psychopaths had? As it turned out: 80 percent. The Capsule had made the psychopaths worse.”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry