Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

People who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too.

Dreams reveal we never quite get 'over' anything: it's all still in there somewhere.

As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety.

One of love's greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us happy.