But, like anyone in love, Madeleine believed that her own relationship was different from every other relationship, immune from typical problems.

Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction.

We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink.

To be inclusive you must accommodate different levels of sophistication.

There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home.

That’s how people live, by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? “Tell me a story.” That’s how we understand who we are, where we come from. Stories are everything.

My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood.