You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake.

It is what you don't expect... that most needs looking for.

Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters.

Just as an informal, nonscientific observation, most people's personalities don't seem to change very much during their lives. There are exceptions in the case of people who go through hugely traumatic events or suffer from brain injury or disease. Some would argue that religious conversions can have deep personality-altering effects. But these are all exceptions to the rule.

Lawrence immediately saw that it was a trick question. You would have to be some kind of idiot to make the facile assumption that the current would add or subtract 5 miles per hour to or from the speed of the boat.

She's not afraid. She's wearing a dentata.

Most of the brain's work is done while the brain's owner is ostensibly thinking about something else, so sometimes you have to deliberately find something else to think and talk about.