There are three iron links in the neurotic's chain: unloving, unlovable, unloved.
A husband only worries about a particular Other Man; a wife distrusts her whole species.
Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.
The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.
When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor.
We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.