Quotes by Anthony Storr

• It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.
• Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.
• The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.
• With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.