"He'd never want to see you this way," Anders added, once he'd gotten control of his voice again. "And if you wanted to hurt or kill me for what I did, what does that make me, for doing what I did even though I knew it would hurt you? Doing a few bad things because -- because you're hurt or upset doesn't make you evil. It makes you human, Phoebe. Just like me. Don't you get it? We've both been getting manipulated here."

Taking a risk, he said, "You want to hurt me? I probably deserve it for what I did. But that doesn't mean you're an evil person. Dammit, Phoebe, he loves you because you're not an evil person. The real Bel wouldn't ever want to see this happen to you. Just like Doctor Wilson said."