You need a long hard day's work to reveal the logic of the craving for very bad tv and alcohol.

Because the rhythm of conversation makes no allowance for dead periods, because the presence of others calls for continuous responses, we are left to regret the inanity of what we say, and the missed opportunity of what we do not.

An argument in a couple: 2 people attempting to introduce each other to important truths - by panicked shouting.

We may not agree with what religions are trying to teach us, but we can admire the institutional way in which they're doing it.

Good sex isn't just fun, it keeps us sane and happy. Having sex with someone makes us feel wanted, alive and potent.

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

Travel agents would be wiser to ask us what we hope to change about our lives rather than simply where we wish to go.