When I see a paragraph shrinking under my eyes like a strip of bacon in a skillet, I know I'm on the right track.
This human nature is shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.
Look at it this way: Psychoanalysis is a permanent fad.
We pay for security with boredom, for adventure with bother.
We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another.
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.