72 Quotes by Jonathan Kellerman

Revenge was a dish best eaten cold, but eight years between was arctic.

...he sagged like a rhino who'd lost out to the alpha male.

Through the anger came something I recognized; the sadness that can result from too many years absorbing the poison of others. - Alex Delaware on Dr. Lehmann

-a Jew had to have two synagogues. One that he went to, one that he rejected.The Butcher's Theater

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.

At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the water and swims - gets used to the water - the wave grows small. If we pull the child away when the wave is high, he never sees that, never learns how to swim and remains afraid. If he gets a chance to feel strong, in control, that's called coping. When he copes, he feels better.

If you ask me, psychopaths are more talented than the rest of us... but they're still fucking psychopaths.

I'd long thought that a surfeit of sensitivity could be a killing thing, too much insight malignant in its own right. The best survivors--there are studies that show it--are those blessed with an inordinate ability to deny. And keep on marching.

To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)