these are some random quotes from the book "frequency"

"you may be sorrounded by people who are wounded victims, leeches, blaming punishers, passive agressive dominators"

"when people share misperceptions and unhealthy feeling habits, they work out the terror of their ways by connecting with others who have the same underlying contractions."

"fearful egos can turn the interaction sour"

"the ego wants to stop the flow and have this be "the way life is""

"to gain an advantage, we think we must be better than others, and it's become fashionable to be an expert in sarcasm and put-downs, to attack others in clever mean ways"

"they were emotionally wounded, and in being so smart and agressive, they perpetuated that pain by wounding others"

"who have gained material abundance via selfishness, willpower, and dominance -they can't feel or don't care how their actions affect others - have unattended-to, unhealthy feeling habits"