“ When you say Jonah seems broken, what do you mean? Justine said.I think he's broken and that people mistake it for shamelessness, I said. People really were very keen to imagine Jonah as shameless, as… Jon Ronson
“ This was truly to be a radical milestone: the world’s first-ever marathon nude psychotherapy session for criminal psychopaths. Elliott’s raw, naked, LSD-fueled sessions lasted for epic eleven day stre… Jon Ronson
“ I was much crazier than I had imagined. Or maybe it was a bad idea to read DSM-IV when you're not a trained professional. Or maybe the American Psychiatric Association had a crazy desire to label all… Jon Ronson
“ A stab had clearly once been made at de-uglifying these public spaces by painting a corridor a jaunty yellow. This was because, it turned out, babies come here to have their brains tested and someone… Jon Ronson
“ It's not a remarkable note except for one thing. The typeface Tony used to print it is the exact typeface Kubrick used for the posters and title sequences of 'Eyes Wide Shut' and '2001'.'It's Futura E… Jon Ronson
“ [W]e need to think twice about raining down vengeance and anger as our default position. Jon Ronson
“ A wronged person is still a wronged person even if they're an unfashionable wronged person. Jon Ronson
“ We see ourselves as nonconformist, but I think all of this is creating a more conformist, conservative age.Look! we're saying. WE'RE normal! THIS is the average!We are defining the boundaries of norma… Jon Ronson
“ I favour humans over ideology, but right now the ideologues are winning, and they're creating a stage for constant artificial high dramas, where everyone is either a magnificent hero or a sickening vi… Jon Ronson
“ A terrified-looking bystander, a nerdy man in a sweater, calls the police and stammers into the phone: 'A huge group of people are fighting and there's pepper spray and superheroes and I don't know. Jon Ronson
“ Then I get worried that if anyone is really paying attention to Happy's predilections, they might become wary of his wholesale compassion and suspect him of being an imaginary character, created by a… Jon Ronson
“ This place is packed with beautiful hipsters. While the Coney Island bombast radiated sincerity, everything here seems more ironic. When someone in the crowd ironically chants, 'USA!' someone else iro… Jon Ronson
“ Shall we go?' he murmured, perhaps regretting his decision to show me his army of plastic cartoon figurines. Jon Ronson
“ Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium. Jon Ronson
“ Shame internalized can lead to agony. Whereas shame let out can lead to freedom, or at least a funny story, which is a sort of freedom too. Jon Ronson
“ He said his worst days were when he allowed himself to hope for a second chance. The best were when he knew it was over forever and his destruction was necessary as a deterrent to others. I Jon Ronson
“ It felt as if the people on Twitter had been invited to be characters in a courtroom drama, and had been allowed to choose their roles, and had all gone for the part of the hanging judge. Or it was ev… Jon Ronson
“ Soon after Justine Sacco's shaming, I was talking with a friend, a journalist, who told me he had so many jokes, little observations, potentially risqué thoughts, that he wouldn't dare to post online… Jon Ronson
“ So, yeah, the psychopath might cry when his dog dies and you think that’s misplaced because he doesn’t cry when his daughter dies. I Jon Ronson
