The Freudians describe the conscious as a small lit area, all white, and the unconscious as a great dark marsh full of monsters. In their view, the monsters reach up, grab you by the ankles, and try to drag you down.
We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.
People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.
Laughter is by definition healthy.
Small things amuse small minds.
How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want to.