Sublime

The younger lawyer was named Marcus, he was from Shaker Heights, he had attended Penn, where he had majored in philosophy and lettered in rowing. After a stint working in a rural Mississippi town with Teach for America, he had gone on to Stanford Law School. He had a lovely wife of Korean ancestry and a six-month-old baby and was just days away

Julius Wagner-Jauregg was a 19th-century psychiatrist with two unique skills: He was good at recognizing patterns, and what others saw as “crazy” he found merely “bold.”

‘a neurosis is a secret you don’t know you’re keeping’.

Like most incarcerated humans, Gacy loved mail; unlike most incarcerated humans, Gacy was picky about his friends. When anyone wrote to him, he returned a typed, two-page survey that asked fifty-two questions about artistic affinities, political ideologies, and personal values. Nuzum still has that form.

Every time Erin genuinely had a headache, or felt sick, or was too emotionally exhausted from family drama, Craig took it personally. Erin wouldn’t have sex with him, Craig believed, because he hadn’t been good enough for her attention. He believed he hadn’t done enough for her to earn sex. Craig views their sex life as transactional with intimacy

FOR

The four ultimate concerns are death, isolation, freedom, and meaninglessness.

Craig will do anything his mother asks even if the request conflicts with Erin’s needs, and the partners often fight about how connected Craig is to his mother. During their arguments Erin frequently asks, “Are you married to me or to your mom?” Craig believes love must be earned by helping the other person through their pain and works hard to be