Reality pills

"Eight years ago! How have you managed to hold yourself together for that long!"

"Now, I would like to place the focus of these sessions solely on you, my dear. I have assisted many unfortunate parents during my career, and I can safely say that you are going to heal just as my previous patients had."

"Oh, I find it so hard to believe your words! It's as if, as if this life of mine was just, y'know - an illusion! Yes, oh, that is it! An illusion, nothing more! And she was so happy, I know it, I do. I can't picture it with any logic in my head, yet still I do! How can a happy person do such a thing?"

"I am familiar with those exact thoughts that are currently loitering around your head. For goodness' sake, you ought to get those odious thoughts out of your head. There is nothing that torments a man more other than probing into the depth of his own thoughts! What I can tell you is that you must accept your ignorance. None of us have the faintest idea of what's behind the facade of our minds, let alone of the world around us."

"How? How can I even think of not thinking? She was my everything! And you're telling me to flush my emotions. No. I can't allow that. If she exists in my mind, even at the cost of my own sanity, she will!"

"My dear, I acknowledge everything that you just said. I only beg you not to blame yourself for your daughter's choice. Now, do you remember the moral of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice?"

"I have a hard time remembering my name."

"Do not look back, for it doesn't take you the slightest step forward."