Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.

The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

If your husband expects you to laugh, do so; if he expects you to cry, don't; if you don't know what he expects, what are you doing married?

A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.

Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.

Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.