I have come to suspect that many cases of schizophrenia may in fact be the result of evil being passed from… — M. Scott Peck
I have come to suspect that many cases of schizophrenia may in fact be the result of evil being passed from parents to children ... it is possible that some children, faced with the choice of either becoming evil themselves or utterly losing their minds, choose the latter.
Evil is contagious. The children of the evil are often damaged for life.
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