Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.

its a rare thing to know one completly to the core and stil love him

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Sometimes, life seems to have a higher meaning. Events unfold in uncanny sequences. Long-forgotten acquaintances turn up with news that changes lives. A stranger appears and speaks a few words of wisdom, solving a previously insoluble problem, or something in a recent dream transpires in reality. Suddenly the existence of God seems confirmed.

Experts must read the patterns and judge their usefulness as evidence. Under any of numerous pressures, an expert may wish to misread a pattern or even to alter it. Americans had a touching trust in "experts".

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.