We all live in a tragicomic situation, a life that is in part absurd simply because it is not of our own making. We are born into a disordered world, into a family we did not choose, into circumstances we would have had somewhat improved, and we are even called by a name we did not select.

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy Patients (ed. Bantam, 2013) - ISBN: 9780804150965