“Scientists' minds may jump around like amorous toads, but they do seem to accept such behavior in one another.” MindMaySeemsAcceptingBehaviorScientistToadsAmorous Book:The Alienist Source: The Alienist
“Imagine, [Kriezler] said, that you enter a large, somewhat crumbling hall that echoes with the sounds of people mumbling and talking repetitively to themselves. All around you these people fall into prostrate positions, some of them weeping. Where are you? Sara’s answer was immediate: in an asylum. Perhaps, Kreizler answered, but you could also be in a church. In the one place the behavior would be considered mad; in the other, not only sane, but as respectable as any human activity can be.” PeopleHumansSaidWould BeFallSoundChurchAnswersTalkingImaginePositionActivityBehaviorMadHallsSaneEchoesWeepingRespectableAsylumsHuman ActivityCrumbling Book:The Alienist: A Novel Source: The Alienist: A Novel
“I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps.” IfsMotherBehaviorPressureIntentionCarefulExcuseBackgroundsProvidingSevereSnapsGood Mother Author:Caleb Carr
