"... the victim doesn't realize that they are not in a loving relationship. Because a loving relationship presupposes affection, which arises from looking at the other person. But for that look to happen, the person needs to have feelings within themselves. The thing is, feelings for a psychopath are very superficial or non-existent..." "Sometimes our mental sanity allows us to see and perceive certain behaviors and attitudes, but being able to name them as you did so beautifully and technically is an extremely powerful feeling. After all, any of us either lives with a domestic psychopath... or has lived with one... or knows someone who does... or knows someone who has. This book gives us, above all, the quick ability to understand and trust our own doubts".