There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We all just fit right in.

Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman’s character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldn’t. I didn’t care. I had enough problems of my own.

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept