True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

We accept the need to train extensively to fly a plane; but think instinct should be enough for marrying and raising kids.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

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

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.