In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.
As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.
Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.
Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right.
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.
Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.