Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments rule our lives and dictate choices.

The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.