Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time.

Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

As a kid, you await holidays with a wide-eyed, passionate, almost maniacal enthusiasm. Heavy breathing is involved.

Interestingly, anger and lust are also elusive states once they have passed. Trying to recall why you were angry about something when you've calmed down is like trying to remember why you were in love with someone who no longer attracts you: the initial impulse triggering the emotion is impossible to recapture.

I personally translated the word 'vendetta' as Italian for 'What do you mean, "you want to see other women"?

The search for truth can be compared to a cat chasing her tail: frantic in her pursuit, her quarry nevetheless eludes her; despite the fact that all the world can see it's right there, it remains just beyond her reach. It cannot be possessed because, paradoxically, it is already part of her.