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

For paranoia about 'what other people think' : remember that only some hate, a very few love - and almost all just don't care.

What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.

Those who divorce aren't necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness.

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.