I Still Occasionally Need To Struggle But

Work Did Bestow Dignity, Status, Meaning. Wasn't That Why People Dreaded Unemployment, Why Some Men Found Retirement So Traumatic?

I Find It Extraordinary That A Straightforward If Inelegant Device For Ensuring The Survival Of The Species Should Involve Human Beings In Such Emotional Turmoil. Does Sex Have To Be Taken So Seriously?

I Love The Idea Of Bringing Order Out Of Disorder Which Is What The Mystery Is About. I Like The Way In Which It Affirms The Sanity Of Human Life And Exorcises Irrational Guilts.

Time Didn't Heal, But It Anesthetized. The Human Mind Could Only Feel So Much.

The Weekend Break Had Begun With The Usual Resentment And Had Continued With Half-repressed Ill Humour. It Was, Of Course, His Fault. He Had Been More Ready To Hurt His Wife's Feelings And Deprive His Daughter Than Inconvenience A Pub Bar Full Of Strangers. He Wished There Could Be One Memory Of His Dead Child Which Wasn't Tainted With Guilt And Regret.