"Anyone can walk a tightrope. All it takes is practice and luck."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"No two participants in any event remember it in exactly the same way. A single broken promise, for example, among thousands of promises kept, might not be remembered by a parent, but may never be forgotten by the child who was disappointed."
Chap. 7, p. 34

"I read Sybil when it was first published, but dismissed it as overdramatized and fictionalized. Now it has become my bible."
Chap. 9, p. 45

"If I were alone in the body, I'd have lots of friends and be satisfied with my life as long as I felt people needed me. If I were alone in the body, I'd be happy."
Chap. 11, p. 55

"Jo listens politely, flinching only a little when a particularly strong accusation has been made against her father, and then calmly explains why things couldn't have happened that way...