Ritual is a terribly important, binding cement in a society. If we abandon formality and rituals, we're actually weakening the relationships that exist between people that bind.

But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?

And that, in a way, was the burden of being a philosopher: one knew what one had to do, but it was so often the opposite of what one really wanted to do.

It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love.

I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one.

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.

Everything has been something before.