Those who are seen dancing are thought insane by those who cannot hear the music. It’s just a matter of finding a way to hear the music.
We set out to find a monster, but all we found was a wounded child.
We all possess the raw material required to commit horrible acts. We just need the right or wrong combination of events to make the raw material combustible.[to Sara]
There are certain things a man cannot control.
Sometimes society looks upon people as crazy. It may only mean that they are alienated from their own true natures.
Our weaknesses sometimes serve us better than our strengths.
I must follow this wherever it goes. Even if it leads me to the darkest pit of Hell.
Every new thinker is at first condemned by those for whom change is far more terrifying than a murderer of children.[to Sara]
The Jesse Pomeroys and Japheth Durys of this world will take their secrets to the grave. But there will be others, I have no doubt. And from them, we might one day learn what compels a man to do evil.
It’s not only love that resides in the heart, John. It’s pain.
If the need for salvation did not exist, the church would surely find its invention necessary.
As an alienist, I treat mental and emotional disorders in my patients, and I try to alleviate their condition. I do not presume to cure them.
