Haven't lost your sense of humor after all but your sense of identity is what seems to have been misplaced. No. Wrong. You don't lose what you never had.

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

Haven't lost your sense of humor after all but your sense of identity is what seems to have been misplaced. No. Wrong. You don't lose what you never had.

Riding the train gives him too much time to think, he has decided. Too much thinking can ruin you.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.