When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear.

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

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.

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.

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.