There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden. There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.

There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs

Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.

The past influences everything and dictates nothing.

Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.

The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true.

People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life. We are children for a very long time.

Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood.

The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.

Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders.

And the sun on the wall of her room, the block of sun with all the tiny flying things in it. When she was little she thought they were the souls of dead insects, still buzzing in the light.

She was alone.She missed him immediately.

This gift of 'loving' the other person is a reflection of the spiritual 'love' given by the Father and shown through His Son Jesus Christ.

Being less stressed doesn't mean that you stop doing things.

Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence.

Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The slippers of the mortal Earth, now touched the chest of the Moon. Oh, it is shameful that the misery of hunger is still continuing as it was in the past.

I feel at home in an orchestral score.

If we'd kept a clean sheet tonight we'd have won 1-0.