Quotes by Jonathan Kellerman

O Great Swami of the East, your wisdom has pierced the miasma.

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, thats called coping. When he copes, he feels better.

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

Id 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.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience.Whats pessimism? I said.Religion without God.

Fools write books about madness being an elevated mental state or an alternative form of creativity. Its not, its anguish.

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

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

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. Its like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way.

I dont practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good data bank of medical information and there is a key thing for a writer knowing where to go. I know where to go to get the information that I need.