Beneath the smiling mask, we can see the injury that results from a deficiency of rebellion. The nice ones are never quite real. They lack self-definition, self-confidence, because they have never created boundaries and limits for themselves by making decisions. Having never dared to break the taboos they suffer from shame. Their sins are ones of omission rather than commission. They have left undone those things they ought to have done, most especially deciding for themselves what is good and evil.

pp. 82-83 - The Passionate Life (1983)