" You see, amnesia is usually the result of mental unbalance. It’s an attempt on the part of the mind to escape from something that the mind either can’t cope with or doesn’t want to cope with. It’s a refuge. It’s the means a man uses to close the door of his mind on something that may lead to insanity. "

― Erle Stanley Gardner , The Case of the Lazy Lover (The Perry Mason Mysteries Book 1)