"People say strange, incoherent things in such a state." "Her words do not strike me as incoherent or random. You suggested, Doctor Breuer, that I should simply interject any comments that occur to me. Let me make an observation: I find it remarkable that you are responsible for all of your thoughts and all of your deeds, whereas she"--Nietzsche's voice was stern, and he shook his finger at Breuer--"she, by virtue of her illness, is exonerated from everything."