And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a steady pulse of pleasure and satisfaction and occasional irritation, and this seemed to be a happy exchange; if there had been moments in her life when she had been more elated, there had never been a time when things had been more constant.

He has found himself more and more reliant on her at exactly the point that she has become less available to him.

Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend.

From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless, futile thing because it is a longing for something that is permanently lost . . . .

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

Be good. Do something good.

This isn't a letter, it's a gift.